“War, n: A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity.” ~ Ambrose Bierce For the record, I was in favor of Bush going into Iraq to take out Saddam Hussein. We’ll eventually work our way back to that. One thing politics and sports have in…
I’ve always been baffled by parents who say, “Don’t hit your sister!” then drive home their point with a swift smack to the kid’s head. I’ve seen this scenario played out countless times in department stores and restaurants and it always ends with me rubbing my head along with the teary eyed child. Now, this…
“What antiwar movement?” – former Congressman Dennis Kucinich It was barely ninety minutes into the No War with Syria rally in Austin, and already the mercury was flirting with the century mark. The revolutionary socialist wiped her brow and raised a bullhorn. “It’s getting pretty hot out here. Why don’t we call it a day,…
“I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. Fifty years…
“One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Time is short, but our course of action should be clear. Resistance to illegal and unconstitutional usurpation of our rights is required. Each of us must choose which course of action…
I have been an avid Rolling Stone reader for most of my life, and there was a time, prior to the internet, that I was even a full-fledged subscriber to the magazine. Granted, it mysteriously showed up in my mailbox for free every week for years on end, but that still counts and I read…
“I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on here!” ~ Claude Rains as Capt. Louis Renault in Casablanca. It’s one of my favorite movie scenes ever, and makes me laugh each time it crosses my mind. For the benefit of those who have not seen one of the most famous flicks ever, and…
Sunday evening, 6:22… It’s been one of those rare weekends where I have accomplished almost all of the things I had set out to do on my mental to-do list. Cleaned the house, went out to dinner, had a couple of drinks, put out a shit-ton of interview requests for Dangerous Conversation, did the food…
The Adventures of Michael the Ginger-Albino Golbin – Episode 2: Michael’s Bad Trip If you haven’t already read Michael the Ginger-Albino Goblin’s previous adventure: The Pizza Box Is Alive and Nutella Is Delicious, then you may want to catch up and read it before continuing with this story – just to get a little familiar with Michael…
“If today you can take a thing like evolution and make it a crime to teach it in the public school, tomorrow you can make it a crime to teach it in the private schools, and the next year you can make it a crime to teach it to the hustings or in the church.…
Taking a trip with Salvia Divinorum Not many things are less interesting than opening your front door for the pizza delivery driver who is presenting you with your delicious pepperoni pizza and its soft drink side-kick. Unless… you are doing it tripping balls on a lovely little herb called Salvia divinorum. Then and only then…
A Reflective Stroll With H.L. Mencken In the humid summer days of middle Tennessee, in the year of someone’s lord or some such commonly known as the year 1925, a grand charade which surely would’ve rivaled the likes of Shakespeare was planned and conducted for publicity which still manages to drive economic activity in the…
…you have to get paid for it or else you’re going to be locked up.” ~ Hunter S. Thompson (July 18, 1937 – Feb 20, 2005) Today, on what would have been his 76th birthday, I wanted to post something about my favorite journalist/author, Hunter Stockton Thompson. But as I thought about what to write,…
“Mob law does not become due process of law by securing the assent of a terrorized jury.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Baseball’s All-Star Game is upon us, and it always brings back great memories from my youth. Like in 1964 when I had my transistor radio taped to the handlebars of my bike, pedaling…
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