18 Articles

Saturday, September 5, 2009
Russell Rowland: An Open Letter to My Republican Friends
Guest Column: Author Russell Rowland writes an open letter to his Republican friends regarding the current health care system and debate.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008
From My Election Day Blog: A Final Election Analysis
A final analysis of the 2008 election. Also, the author will be covering the election all day (and probably night) on his blog.

Monday, October 13, 2008
Paul Krugman wins Nobel Prize. GOP accuses facts of having "librul bias."
(20 comments) A satirical look at the response to the Nobel Prize in economics being awarded to Princeton economist and NY Times columnist, Paul Krugman.

Friday, October 3, 2008
Palin Winks Her Way To Victory
(3 comments) A satirical look at Sarah Palin's chirpiness during the vice presidential debate with Joe Biden. A debate that she clearly won based on her astounding winking ability.

Monday, January 7, 2008
I have become a Chinese crocodile
A comic view on the convenience of renting movies online. The author surmises that life has become easy as a result. A little too easy.

Sunday, August 5, 2007
Barry Bonds is easy to hate and convenient to blame
(4 comments) Barry Bond's chase of Hank Aaron's all-time home run record is tainted by two issues. Bond's surly unlikability and the steroid allegations against him. But is Bonds a black mark on baseball, or part of something larger?

Thursday, August 2, 2007
An Essay On Faith, Life and Ingmar Bergman
(2 comments) The author reflects on faith, life and how this relates to the influence of recently deceased filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.

Thursday, March 22, 2007
Yeah, Like Tom DeLay And Richard Perle Are Credible
Among the many defects in authoritarian Republicans, they quite obviously lack both a sense of shame and a sense of irony. This is the only way to explain why Richard Perle and Tom DeLay had the gall to show up on Meet The Press last Sunday.

Monday, March 5, 2007
Randy Couture Scores One For Us Old Guys
Last night, 43 year old, Randy Couture upset UFC Heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia. His inspiration has the author contemplating a return to competition himself.

Wednesday, December 27, 2006
How My Uncle Came to Have a Drink with President Ford
Gerald Ford's up-side.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006
It's Not About "Winning"
(1 comments) In the end, elections are not about winning. Not in the sense of "US vs Them." They are about the people. And, more than anything the 2006 election was about our country and a new direction.

Tuesday, November 7, 2006
This Election Is a Fluke
Some are concerned the election will be a fake. The author's concern is that it's a fluke.

Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Nostradamus says: "Obama will......"
(1 comments) Will Barack Obama run for President in 2008? The author decides to speculate on Obama's future, hell, everybody else has.

Saturday, September 16, 2006
Why is "Girly-Man" acceptable, and "Macaca" not?
(7 comments) Sexism is often invisible if not ok. Women live within a male dominated society, where masculinity is strong and femininity is weak and denigrated. This is partly because we have become a society of like-minded enthusiasts and enablers.

Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Disengagement from World Affairs Is a Failed Policy
(3 comments) The Bush policy of disengagement from the world's problems is a total failure. The war in Lebanon, as well as other significant festering problems, is a lesson in how not to conduct American foreign policy.

Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Iraq and the Shifting Paradigms in American Foreign Policy
The history of United States foreign policy has been characterized by paradigms shifts between interventionist and noninterventionist philosophies. We may be on the verge of another shift due to the problems created by the Iraq War.

Sunday, June 11, 2006
Metallic Persuasion
(1 comments) The author deals with the one year anniversary of a friend's suicide.

Friday, June 9, 2006
Empty Concrete
(1 comments) A poetic haunting look at the life of the homeless in the United States, and the moral values and issues this conjures up for society.