I Don’t Know Nothing
Easier than duck fat in muffin tins to figure out why Americans are so darn freaked out and polarized these days. It’s because we’re afraid. Afraid we’ve lost … Read more
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Lost Journal: Belabored Phone Conversation is a Test of Friendship
By Tim Mollen Journal entry: May 18, 2004 (age 35) I went through my Microsoft Outlook contacts this afternoon, looking for old friends that I hadn’t caught up … Read more
“We the People,” Not “We the Corporations”
A year from now, Americans will be caught in an unprecedented blizzard of presidential campaign ads. We’ll be blinded by the whiteout and buried in the storm’s negativity. … Read more
Lost Journal: The March of the Poorly Dressed Ringbearers
By Tim Mollen Journal entry: July 20, 1974 (age 5) I don’t get weddings. Today was my cousin Sherry’s, and it’s the first one I can remember going … Read more
Wearing My Debate Fatigues
Time to sound the alarm on an ominous political epidemic sweeping the nation today. A feverish America finds itself larynx deep in the throes of a severe case … Read more
Lost Journal: A High School Musical Long Before High School Musical
By Tim Mollen Journal entry: May 3, 1987 (age 17) Tonight was the final performance of my final show as a student at Seton Catholic Central High School. … Read more
Wall Street Is Dazed and Confused
Astonishingly, some Wall Streeters continue to be clueless about what the Occupy Wall Street movement is protesting. Yoo-hoo, Streeters: Note that the movement’s name has the term “Wall … Read more
A Scoop of Non-vanilla
Q. Why is the GOP like a Baskin-Robbins franchise? A. Because they’re both suckers for the flavor of the week. Scientists have yet to uncovere what causes Republicans … Read more
Fun with the News: Columbus Day and More
Columbus Day was marked with New York parades Monday as all government offices were closed. The financial markets were open and the Dow went up three hundred points. … Read more
Playing Washington’s Inside Game
And then there were 12. When the 435 House members and 100 senators failed in July to agree on a long-term deficit reduction plan, congressional leaders did what … Read more
