I really dislike writing about Sarah Palin, but the ridiculousness of this bus tour of the building blocks of America is too much to pass up. (link)

Or how to make money off Team America

No, it didn’t. This “debate” is simply a sham started by right wing ideologues attempting to whitewash history. Read more by clicking here.

Our reading series about the end of the world, co-hosted with Jeff Phillips from Wood Sugars, is on World Read Aloud Day in March! If you’re local to Chicago, stop by the Black Rock Bar and check it out. Find all the details by clicking right here.

Right now, the website is really just me. However, I’d like some more interesting contributions! Please, checkout the submissions page if you’re interested.

Last month, I finally finished Siddhartha – Hermann Hesse’s short but incredible novel about a spiritual journey and quest for the Truth that binds reality together. I don’t know why I didn’t read this ages ago. Now, I’m tackling Your Call Is Important To Us – The Truth About Bullshit. Highly recommended for anyone interested [...]

Republicans on a panel commissioned to investigate the financial crisis voted to ban words like “Wall Street” from the report, further helping fat cats to ignore their role in our crashed economy and shift the blame to the government and taxpayers who bailed banks and business out. Orwell would be proud.

Joe Bageant, author of Deer Hunting with Jesus has an incredible essay at his site on the cultural ignorance we face each day. Click here, read it and think about it.

With all the hoopla surrounding the TSA, homophobic all stars Americans For Truth About Homosexuality have decided that TSA workers who might be gay or lesbian are a threat to anyone getting frisked and need to be discriminated against accordingly. And here we thought this was an enlightened 21st century. Sheesh.

This Wall Street Journal article on the new ways banks are keeping a watchful eye on people reminds us of something we wrote a few months back. The more power we give to banks and credit companies to run our lives, the larger the hole we dig for ourselves gets.

The fine folks at the Onion’s AV Club asked some local Chicagoans, including me, to give their opinions on the closure of Ronny’s, a dive club in Chicago. Click here to see what I had to say about it.

While information at New World Order Report can be sketchy, there’s no denying that this piece called 33 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out To Be True has some fascinating information. Click here and decide for yourself. (H/T to Disinfo.com)