Obama Says He’ll Really Fight for the People … Next Time
By gollies, America’s workaday majority of middle-class and poor people have a fighter on our side in Washington. Unfortunately, that fighter is Barack Obama. On Sunday, he waved … Read more
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Gibberish & Manure
The situation on Capitol Hill has become so confusing, we’re going to need a nuclear physicist with a googleplex of serially connected molecular microscopes to precisely explain what … Read more
America’s Shameful Leadership
OK, Barack Obama has not exactly turned out to be Mount Rushmore material, but — good God! — the petulant pettiness of right-wing Republican congressional leaders has turned … Read more
Back in the Fold
by Will Durst Give Congress the benefit of the doubt and say they do work out a compromise on the debt ceiling extension. This country could still slip … Read more
Argus Comments on the News: NBA Lockout and More
by Argus Hamilton San Diego State adopted an alcohol awareness program for Greek Row this fall to reduce drinking. It’s just in time. There’s a hot new drinking … Read more
Lost Journal: Forecast Calls for Better Showers (and Tubs)
By Tim Mollen Journal entry: March 22, 2007 (age 37) Dear People Who Engineer Bathtubs and Showers: I’ve been thinking about you a lot lately. Your invention of … Read more
Argus Hamilton Comments on the News: Rupert Murdoch and More
Rupert Murdoch was attacked by a man wielding a cream pie as he testified in Parliament Tuesday. The breach prompted security changes. The TSA still allows Muslims to … Read more
A Right-wing Jobs Program for America
by Jim Hightower Here’s the core economic problem we’re facing today: Unemployment and underemployment are rampant and entrenched throughout America, stifling any hope for real recovery and threatening … Read more
Lost Journal: Bad TV is Best Viewed from a Garbage Can
By Tim Mollen Journal entry: December 8, 1973 (age 4) The life of a four-year-old is a stressful one. “Tim, it’s time for your nap.” “Tim, Mog the … Read more
Crouching Lurkers
by Will Durst Run for the hills everybody! Armageddon is imminent! The sky is beyond falling; it’s anvil plummeting! Onto our heads so fast the clouds are whistling … Read more
