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Frank J. Ranelli is an independent scholar, skeptic and critic, author and essayist. His erudite and iconoclastic style of provocative writing has been extensively published in a variety of news outlets and across the Internet. These include the Naples Daily News, The Online Journal, Information Clearing House, Alternet, The Smirking Chimp, and the former progressive journal of thought, Wicked Philosophy.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, September 26, 2006 George Bush, Indefensible and Un-American: The Path to Treachery
Any government faction within the U.S. that claims it alone is supremely right is un-American. Any President seeking to monopolize lies as truth and claims an omnipotent capacity to do so, while denigrating anyone who dares to challenge his vile revision of history is treacherous.
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, August 22, 2008 Just who is Chet Edwards?
The Obama Democratic Veepstakes is approaching a frenetic and feverish pitch. Is it Joe Biden, Evan Bayh, or even Hillary Clinton? Surprisingly, and perhaps to the dismay of many progressives, liberals, and democratic voters the answer may be a resounding, "No."
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, September 28, 2006 Sherrod Brown of Ohio Capitulates to Bush and Approves Torture!
Sherrod Brown, once seen by many as a true Democrat, a real liberal, and a viable alternative to Mike DeWine, forfeited his progressive values and the rule of law, in order to score election points. How? By yielding to the Bush cartel and voting for torture!
SHARE Friday, August 17, 2007 Former Ohio AG Jim Petro Likely to be Replacement for Deborah Pryce in OH-15
In the wake of the current Republican D.C. mass exodus, that now includes Ohio's own favorite Bush toady, Deborah Pryce; it appears that former Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro (R) will try his sorry hand at yet another republican political run. This time, for Pryce's soon to be vacated and soiled congressional seat.
SHARE Monday, January 14, 2008 Does Chris Matthews have a problem with women?
Is Chris Matthews of MSNBC waging a hostile, chauvinist's agenda against Hillary Clinton and women? His abject track record against women says, "Yes." It's time to end the misogyny of Matthews.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, October 28, 2006 One Nation Under "Whose God is it Anyway?"
From atheists to polytheists, from Allah to Buddha, just whose God is it anyway? How realism and not mysticism can deliver us from a dark time in our history.
SHARE Monday, September 29, 2008 Bush's Great Bailout is Merely Fear Du Jour
Bush's bail out of Wall Street is a leap into Robber Baron-style tyranny. Congress must reject this absolutist, radical proposal outright. Rewarding bad behavior on Wall Street, by theft of money obtained through taxpayers on Main Street, is more than perverse it is an insidious act of vile turpitude.
(26 comments) SHARE Friday, June 29, 2007 Christians' Addiction to Porn Blamed on Technology
The Religious Right's newest adversary of evangelicalism and outward disdain for pornography may have less to do with their distaste for it and more to do with the fact it is maxing out their credit cards.
(4 comments) SHARE Friday, December 29, 2006 Bush's Wonderland and through the Looking Glass of Iraq
Seduced by a powerful cocktail of intoxicating hysteria, America tumbled down the rabbit hole of Bush's Wonderland only to discover the looking glass was a window in reverse with a frightening view.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 23, 2007 Bush by the Numbers
While fixated solely on a massively deteriorating situation in Iraq, Bush continues his irreverence and refuses to listen to the voice of America. Now, in a shockingly candid and irrefutable rejection of Bush's imperialism, a new poll makes clear American's umbrage with their 43rd president.
(4 comments) SHARE Wednesday, October 11, 2006 America: Dead-Democracy Walking
The apathy, silence and complacency of the 21st century American. Part III of the "American Democracy in Crisis" series.
(5 comments) SHARE Monday, October 15, 2007 Bush administration was either incompetent or is guilty of malfeasance
George Bush has been likely caught in another lie, another cover up, and another scandal. One that may debunk his entire justifications for violating FISA, or worse yet, show that the 9/11 attacks were not prevented due to gross incompetence!
(3 comments) SHARE Friday, August 3, 2007 Former Speaker Newt Gingrich Eviscerates Bush, Calls War on Terror "Phony"
The contentious and conservative, erstwhile Speaker of the House bemoans how Bush has helped America become a country that is "no longer serious", harshly criticizes the Bush administration's handling of terrorist groups, calling the war on terror "phony", and claims hyper-partisanship is a "stupid way to run a country".
SHARE Monday, August 6, 2007 A Prescient Thought to Ponder, Especially for Republicans
A Bush proclivity for secrecy, a reputation for arrogance and power grabs, and openly flouting the rule of law has one conservative Republican asking, "Do we candidly desire reaping what we have sown over the past six-plus years?"
(6 comments) SHARE Tuesday, July 29, 2008 New Orleans vs. Iraq: If Only it was Just Billions
The Bush Iraq and Afghanistan wars will cost the U.S. $2.4 trillion, but some fiscal conservatives and anti-tax crusaders are still fixated on derailing the billions of dollars requisite to restore a city lost to Bush's incompetence and hubris – the city of New Orleans.