Author: Steven D

… as imagined by wingnuts: Dear Kids: Hi. I’m the President and you’re not. That means you have to do what I say. In addition, I’m a Big Scary Black Man and if you don’t obey me I’m gonna send...

I don’t know why the US military keeps thinking it can just bomb insurgencies against a foreign occupation into oblivion, but they do: KABUL, Afghanistan — A NATO airstrike early Friday killed at least 80 people, many of...

Add one more difference to the lifestyles of Americans versus Europeans, brought to you by our qwnership society. In Europe people retire at 65 thanks to decent pensions. In the America of the 21st Century, where we privatized...

Apparently, it’s not enough to boo and scream and make rude noises and chant silly slogans to intimidate Congressional members and others from having a civil debate on the merits of health care reform. Nope, that...

I always knew the US used a lot of private contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. I just never suspected that the number of mercenaries the US government employed would be so large it would exceed the number of official,...