Argus Has Fun with the News: Petraeus & More
In the news, David Petraeus was urged to testify in Congress on the Benghazi attack. Two months ago he went to Congress and blamed it on an Internet … Read more
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Billionaire Kleptocrats Crap Out in 2012 Elections
They came. They spent! Then, they limped home, tails between their legs. (OK, they didn’t limp; they were flown home on their private Gulfstream jets. But still, their … Read more
Ten Females Who Cost Mitt Romney the Presidency
Holey moley catfish. Well, thank god that’s finally over. Further thanks that the climax was quick and clean. Almost surgical. Not as long a night as many first … Read more
Lost Journal: Youth! Leaders! Conferring! Inside a Youth Leadership Conference
Journal entry: July 3, 1986 (age 17) — Youth Leadership Conference I’ve spent the past five days on the SUNY Oneonta campus, attending the Rotary Youth Leadership Conference. The … Read more
The President Ate My Homework!
French president advocates for abolition of homework Most American schoolchildren are not particularly wrapped up in France’s current events, but that may be changing. According to “The National … Read more
Bothering to Vote, and Bothering Voters
Acting as if their vote mattered: Determined citizens Two heroes emerged at the polls this year, and neither was named Barack or Mitt. Their names are Galicia and … Read more
Is This Seat Taken?
Everyone likes to have an empty seat next to them: Some go to great lengths to make certain of it A single woman should regard every train ride … Read more
Lost Journal: Marriage Contract Amended Through Labor Negotiations
Journal entry: July 31, 2007 (age 38) – Marriage Contract Marriage is, among many other things, a division of labor within a household. Over the years, each mundane task … Read more
Election 2012: Who Wins, and Why
Looking for the dead-solid skinny on the upcoming presidential election? You’ve come to the right place. As a public service, we’re going to tell you right here and … Read more
The Corporate Mad Dogs of Citizens United
As feared, our people’s democratic authority has been dogged nearly to death by the hounds of money in this election go ’round, thanks to the Supreme Court’s reckless … Read more
