Sunday morning, I heard this piece on NPR and got terribly excited about revisiting my undergrad history degree and writing up a clever treatise about my affection for the

Encountered via a passing mention in this week’s commute audiobook, David Hadju’s The Ten ¢ent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America, an excerpt from President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s commencement address at Dartmouth College in 1953: Don’t join the book burners. Don’t think you are going to conceal faults by concealing evidence […]

So today, I’m just going to throw another quote from a smart person at you. Because frankly – I’m tired. I was “on” all weekend, including several hours of software validation overnight. That’s not counting the variety shows, comicons, and regular life stuff like laundry and pet care. Sometimes sleep deprivation leads to interesting thought […]

As far as I’m concerned, last night was a pretty good night. From the President’s election night speech: America, I believe we can build on the progress we’ve made and continue to fight for new jobs and new opportunities and new security for the middle class. I believe we can keep the promise of our […]

Tomorrow is Election Day in the United States, and, above all, I hope that if you’re reading this and you’re eligible, you’ll take the time to vote. It is, as I’m fond of saying, the very least you can do as a citizen. Voting for those who represent you in government is, after all, your […]

Yeah, this is glurge, barely removed from some email from your great aunt Edna’s aol account with a subject line beginning with “>>>>>>>FW:FW:FW:FW”, but there’s some wisdom to it. And yes, you’re supposed to read this in a political context; your vote and your participation does matter. I think you all know who I’d prefer […]

No matter what else was said in last night’s first Presidential debate, this is the only thing anyone in America is going to remember about it:

I’ve always (and by “always” I mean “since I bothered to actually think about it”) been rather annoyed by the “everybody knows that” assumption that people grow more conservative as they get older. You know the words by now – sing along if you feel like it (this is allegedly Churchill’s version): Anyone who isn’t […]

♦ Slacktivist hits another one out of the park, this time on the subject of hate and it’s means of propogation. ♦ Most of the discussion surrounding the recent rumors about Marvel making a Black Panther movie revolves around casting, which makes sense (and I’m okay with pretty much any of the names floating about). […]

Even his fans spend a good bit of time making fun of “Crazy Uncle” Joe Biden’s colorful persona, but we shouldn’t forget that he’s scary smart, and perhaps more importantly, a genuinely decent guy who isn’t afraid to drop the politician mask now and then and just be a human being when the situation calls […]