It would be difficult to throw a stone in any direction and not find someone who vehemently opposes labor unions. Support for organized labor in America remains near an all time low – with only 52% of Americans saying they have a favorable view of unions. With the economy in the toilet and most of [...]

Around 2003 or so, an old boss and I took a side-trip on the way to a meeting to the church he attended. He was a bit younger than me, a devout evangelical Christian, a youth pastor and a pretty decent guy. He knew I didn’t share his particular brand of faith (full disclosure – [...]

File this under “not surprised:” The L.A. County Sherriff’s Department will begin using a smaller version of the Active Denial System to control inmates at the Pitchess Detention Center. The Assault Intervention Device stands at only 7.5” tall and will emit an invisible heat wave nearly 5 inches in diameter in a range of about [...]

The story of Steve Slater, the flight attendant who made a dramatic exit from his profession via an airplane intercom and an emergency slide has already been beat to death in the media. He’s part folk hero, part stressed out employee who took things to far, part lawbreaker. Slater’s actions, be they over the top [...]

Lately, I haven’t had so much time to put together regularish posts, but that doesn’t mean I’m not reading or shaking my fist at current events somewhere. Plenty of other bloggers and writers do this, so why should I miss out on the chance? You want to know what I’m reading and what I think [...]

The right wing found a new way to say President Obama hates the troops by complaining that he won’t visit Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day. Instead, Joe Biden will lay a wreath at the Veteran’s Cemetery while Obama visits Chicago and tours the beleaguered Gulf of Mexico. Of course, such an action may as [...]

A U.S. Senator recently proved he was all grown into the modern age by telling the country he can use a credit card to buy his own gas and groceries. Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) admitted he was unfamiliar with ATMs when asked to opine on whether ATM fees should be capped at .50 cents. He [...]

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin pointed out how radically our concept of civil liberties and privacy has changed over the years at a press conference when he helped unveil the BELIEVE system, another step towards a national ID card. The proposed legislation would require anyone who plans to work in the United States would have to [...]

Last week, Real Time With Bill Maher featured, among other guests, Matthew Continetti, editor of the Weekly Standard. Normally, another right wing talking head spitting rhetoric on television wouldn’t be anything to comment on, but Continetti’s arguments were enough to make me smack my head into my laptop monitor a few extra times than normal. [...]