The argument that guns don't kill people, people kill people would only make sense if gun control advocates were claiming that the guns had been working on their own.

I understand that people get very nervous when it comes to discussing gun control. The people on both sides of...

I don't claim to know much about economics, but like most Americans, I never let a lack of comprehension prevent me from having an opinion.

Here's what I've noticed. Most politicians operating at the national level have a lot of money. I do not have a lot of money. For...

Todd Akin said that in the case of "legitimate rape" a woman's body has a way of avoiding pregnancy. Then he apologized, saying he had gotten a word wrong; he didn't mean "legitimate," he meant "forcible."

Now, as the mainstream media involve themselves in discussions of fifty shades of rape,...

This week the Supreme Court said that Montana cannot limit the power of corporations to act as if they were people. And by "act as if they were people," I mean throw their weight around for their own benefit.

A friend of mine is a Republican and when I...

In Florida, Trayvon Martin, a black teenager, was shot to death by a civilian white man who has admitted to the crime but has not been arrested. Allegations of serious police misconduct have arisen, including the "correction" of a witness who said the boy called for help and not his...

Karl Rove had a visceral reaction to the Clint Eastwood Chrysler commercial during the Super Bowl on Sunday. This led to a great many on air conversations about whether or not the commercial was, in fact, political -- not to mention excuses to run bits...

Bradley Manning is currently imprisoned. He is imprisoned, as you probably know, for providing classified documents to WikiLeaks for global release via the Internet. Some of what he released was embarrassing to the State Department. Some of what he released revealed war crimes committed by...

As promised, here is the second portion of my interview with the lovely and brilliant artivist Jeanmarie Simpson. (If you missed the first part of the interview, click HERE to catch up) In the second portion of the conversation I moved beyond questions of content and inspiration and...

Over the past few years, Jeanmarie Simpson and I have become fans of one another's work. I have read some of her latest work in progress and have had the privilege of introducing her at a performance of her wonderful show Coming in Hot, a one-person play in...

For several years, I have felt under attack from the Christian right. Granted, they don't intend to attack me personally, just every idea, every belief, every principle I hold dear. I was raised to respect others' opinions, to allow others their beliefs regardless of how silly or superstitious I perceived...

In an age of fifteen-minute celebrities and empty entertainments, Lee Camp brings art back to the stand-up stage. His full length CD, Chaos for the Weary, rife with startling juxtapositions and keen cultural insight shines a light on social injustice, economic disparity and rampant consumerism,...

Sometimes, we really should pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Sometimes, the man behind the curtain gets paraded before us in hopes of distracting us from whatever the hell should be in the glare of the spotlight.

The mainstream media focus* all of our attention...

In Free Range Thinking, Robert Dubac presents wisdom disguised as wit and high art in the guise of mass-appeal entertainment. This is no easy feat. Audiences that grew up on the televised stand-up showcase programs of the eighties and nineties have been systematically conditioned to respond to the most generic...

Christine O'Donnell is not a witch. She's a distraction. Granted, it is very easy to get laughs and gasps pointing out the antics of a trained monkey dressed up as a sexy candidate for public office, but let us not lose track of the fact that she is a fringe...

Last week I had the opportunity to see Jeanmarie Simpson's one-person presentation of Coming in Hot at a live-performance event at the Theater of Arts in Hollywood, CA. In the interest of full disclosure, I should say that I was there as host to introduce the evening's event...

A recent article in The New Yorker revealed that the organization Americans for Prosperity is funded by the billionaire brothers Koch. The organization has provided tee shirts and talking points to Tea Party activists who remain unaware of the wealthy backers of the purportedly grass-roots movement. Surely if...

With "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy falling under the weight of its own unconstitutional construct, it becomes clear that the court system does not recognize the sticking of fingers in one's ears and humming loudly as a valid governmental mandate.

I realize this is not the usual fare...

Idiot Pastor Terry Jones has decided to show his support for the U.S. military's efforts to win hearts and minds by demonstrating that he and his followers have lost their minds and misplaced their hearts. The Muslim world, he believes, will see that Christianity is the proper way to worship...

Terror cannot be defeated with military action, no matter how powerful or how well equipped the military that takes the action. Terror, let us not forget, is a feeling. Terror grips us when fear strikes in such a way that neither fight nor flight is an option. Unable to find...

Last week a Pew Research poll showed that an alarming number of Americans believe President Obama to be a Muslim. An even more alarming number question his Christianity. Now, this commentator finds it offensive that this story is picked up by the mainstream media with no examination at...