On Trying to Explain a Living Thing

I can tell that, to some people, I’m terribly offensive now. I didn’t used to be that way (at least I don’t think). I was in the same trenches they were in. We were on the same side. When my paradigm came crashing in, I suppose it’s fair to say that [...]

Ruminating on Our Enemy the State: America the Adolescent?

With regards to the topic of discussion this month over at RTD (where I also put up this same post), Lydia commented,
“…[A]ll the bad that can be said about corps. can be said about the gov. Refer to “Our Enemy, the State,” by Albert Knock for an exposition on this.”
Salixc provided links to the book [...]

Our Enemy the State (in Bile Green and Size 9 Font)

The labored sounds of a printer are to the East of me. That would be, “Our Enemy, the State” sludging itself out, page by page. The text is in a lovely green color, since the black ink cartridge ran out yesterday (likely having something to do with multiple copies of Woody and Buzz [...]

Oh No, I’ve Become a L-Word!

I knew it was probably true, but preferred not to think about it.  Last time I gathered with some family friends around the big eat-good-food-while-we-debate-late-into-the-night table, yammering about this and that (topics ranging from global warming to Bush to the Iraq war to Israel to welfare to illegal immigrants to health care to abortion, etc, [...]

Anyone But Hillary (Or, A Rare Political Post, in Which I Say Nothing Profound)

I hear that many of my friends, both online and off, feel that Anyone but Hillary will be just fine.  I completely disagree.
I’m not voting for Hillary, in the same way that I’m not voting for any Republican candidates either.  I don’t know who I’ll vote for yet, but I’m sick of the same ol’ thing, and so when it comes to [...]