Cynical Optimism
A new Washington Post/ABC News poll found that three quarters of Americans are pessimistic about our country's direction. The other one quarter were simply afraid to answer the telephone survey because they figured their phones were tapped. I myself refuse to be pessimistic or optimistic. I have chosen...
Rudy the Flip-Flopper
Rudy Giuliani recently said that Hillary Clinton's flip-flopping makes John Kerry look like an amateur. Rudy, my friend, could you please explain your own flip-flops on the following issues: -whether you support abortion rights -whether you support gay rights -which woman you want to be married to...
An Iraqi Civilian's Farewell to Blackwater
Ah, sweet, virtuous, chaste Blackwater, how little time our love for each other had to blossom. It seems like just yesterday we first heard your thunderous mercenary bullets ripping through our living rooms. We agreed with your dislike of suicide bombers and terrorists, but we slightly differed on your view...
The Dirty Truth Behind The Dirty Bomb
This past weekend in the New York Times Magazine, Matt Bai interviewed Rudy Giuliani, and Rudy once again raised the specter of the dirty bomb that he and Bush have decided will be set off in a major American city at any minute. Rudy is clearly doing this because scared...
Terrorism: the Action Figure!
Yesterday Mattel announced they're recalling a million more Chinese-made toys due to lead paint, which can cause brain damage. That's right, Bush can't even protect us from Terrorist Barbie. How dare the Chinese execute such an underhanded attack on our children. Brain-damage-causing toys? Aren...
Support the Accidental Death Penalty
As you might have heard, Governor Rick Perry of Texas granted clemency to Kenneth Foster, who was set to be put to death for...driving a car. (The prosecution in the case admitted he never killed anyone.) This was a huge win for those of us who have been following...
Our Tortured Priorities
Did you hear about the sleaze ball who thought he could get away with blatantly harming and torturing other living beings? Then when people confronted him about it, he lied and said he had nothing to do with it, but this week, finally, he faced his punishment? I'm speaking...






