I almost hate to write on this subject because it may convince some callous person that war should continue so that U.S. consumers can buy more gadgets.  Let me start by saying this.  Rush Limbaugh and other neoconservatives in the media are smart people (bear with me).  How often they accurately analyze and dissect...
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The recent vote by a House committee “along party lines” to hold Eric Holder in contempt of Congress adds to the hilarity of the whole “Fast and Furious” debate.  This vote is the latest in a great case study of phony political rivalry fanned into phony flames by the supportive media industrial complex.  Lew...
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Non-Olympic tennis is the great international one-on-one sport where belligerent politically-motivated nationalism doesn’t overshadow the work ethic and perseverance of individual human beings.  The reactionary crowd at the French Open is very interesting.  They present almost an anti-commentary to what the media industrial complex gives us concerning the state’s self-defined greatness.  The crowd boos...
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