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 […]

In a televised interview on Wednesday, President Obama announced that he personally supports the concept of same-sex marriage. This, of course, happened during a big information blackout for me (network problems at the office, followed by a lengthy subway jaunt and a stopover in Faerûn), so I haven’t really had the chance to react right […]

***UPDATED to include a few more sources, including IC’s rebuttal to the critiques raised – more information is always a good thing.*** If you were on the internet today, you probably saw the Kony 2012 video put out by the charity Invisible Children, designed to raise awareness and create international pressure to arrest Joseph Kony, […]

A new candidate has entered the VA Senate race this year, challenging former Governors Tim Kaine (D) and George Allen (R) for the seat being vacated by the retiring Jim Webb. Here’s his new ad: Yes, the candidate is Hank. He’s a cat, running on a platform stressing job creation, reducing negativity in campaigning, and […]

I wanted to share a couple of thoughts I’ve had in the last twenty-four hours or so, both because I think they’re important thoughts to share and talk about and to show how wildly my brain swings from topic to topic. First, I find it absolutely baffling that here, in the year 2012, a time […]

Ladies and Gentlemen, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, placing ideological purity over a well educated American population, speaking to a group of Tea Party supporters in Michigan this weekend: President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob…there are good decent men and women who go out and […]