Every once in a while, the Supreme Court decides to drop a real bombshell. The last big one we got was Roe vs. Wade, but yesterday was another one of those days, with the Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission case that was decided yesterday. I think it promises to be the next big Supreme [...]
Back in college, I once discovered the BlueHippo company. They’re a firm that sells laptops to poor people with the enticing prospect of no-credit-check financing. But under the hood, they’re an incredibly sleazy, predatory company that makes their money based on their target market’s financial ignorance. Take, for example, the following ad from back in [...]
Can anyone explain to me what this is? Whenever I read anything about gays and the political battles surrounding them, there are always a few dudes who come out of the woodwork and start yelling about, “THE RADICAL HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA!” I would love for anyone to explain to me just what this is or means, [...]
I don’t know what her proposed solutions are going to be like, but she’s absolutely nailed the problem: “I plan to make the point that what we have right now is not actually capitalism — it’s corporatism. It’s welfare for the rich. It’s the government picking winners and losers. It’s Wall Street having their taxpayer-funded [...]
I am literally speechless. The racism in this decision is patently shocking to me. To claim that blacks will not know who to vote for unless Democrats are identified by party strikes me as being about as racist as saying that blacks needed slavery, because they wouldn’t be able to take care of themselves otherwise. [...]
Last Wednesday’s Daily Show featured Barbara Ehrenreich, a popular lefty journalist who writes almost exclusively about poverty and inequality. It’s a fascinating interview, and I encourage you to take a look. In a nutshell, she describes a cancer of the middle class, a mostly-unnoticed condition that appalls her. The culprit: positive thinking! Really, watch the [...]
Yesterday I read a pretty ridiculous article on the Huffington Post that described the health insurers’ reaction to the Baucus bill. The gist of it was that health insurers were mean old Scrooges who were threatening congress by holding America hostage with the promise of raising premiums if the bill passed. Those big meanies! Why [...]
Obama Says He’s ‘Surprised and Humbled’ by Nobel Prize What? WHAAAAAAAAT? But he hasn’t done anything! Surely someone out there deserves this award for actually, you know, making a difference! I don’t doubt that Obama could do great things diplomatically, but the fact remains that right now it’s all hypothetical. Sure, he might solve the [...]