“The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which blissfully and unawaredly enslave themselves.”
---attributed to Dresden James
AUSTIN, Texas -- I sacrificed an hour Friday evening to watch the Texas gubernatorial debate on your behalf, since I knew none of you would do it. Democrat Chris Bell looked and sounded like the only candidate who won't embarrass the state...
J. Kenneth Blackwell, the man who stole Ohio’s 2004 presidential election, was out campaigning October 4, 2006 with a man widely viewed as one of America’s leading white supremacists. Blackwell is an African-American.
AUSTIN, Texas -- The Old War Criminal is back. I try not to
hold grudges, but I must admit I have never lost one ounce of
rancor toward Henry Kissinger, that cynical, slithery,
self-absorbed pathological liar. He has all the loyalty and...
Sex scandals, at least in societies dominated by guilt-sodden
Protestants, fulfill the therapeutic function usually
attributed to pleasant or exciting sex: exploration of
intimate areas of political life, surfacing "issues" normally...
The following is a statement by actor Sean Penn given on October 2, 2006
at the Great Hall of Cooper Union, New York City. It was read by Mark
Ruffalo (his co-star in "All the King's Men") at an emergency meeting of
World Can't Wait-Drive...