Category Archives: Topical

A Mormon, a nutbag and a lunatic walk into a bar…

    The low quality of Republican candidates continues to haunt the party. Each remaining contender for the nomination is wildly weird, each more hooker than prom date. First up, the strangely robotic Mitt Romney (R—Finance Industry). Kind of out … Continue reading

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US Constitution: the Bishops don’t get a veto

But in fighting this fight, the bishops seek to have the government legislate what they have failed to inculcate. Almost all Catholic women have used birth control for family planning. Arguably most of their partners – good Catholic men among them — are complicit. Continue reading

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That’s a wrap, Evangelicals

Evangelical politicians are the guys who gather up money and power by claiming God speaks to them. They prefer to be called “social conservatives” as if they are not entirely driven by religious fundamentalism. They have had a pretty sucky … Continue reading

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Shattering the Class Warfare taboo

Today, most Americans see conflict between the rich and us The United States has always had a culturally-enforced taboo: don’t speak ill of the rich. If anyone thought or said that the rich don’t play fair, they were simply a … Continue reading

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The Republican religious war

Make no mistake – if Mitt Romney was a Baptist this thing would be over. But Citizen’s United unleashed a ton of Mormon money and Evangelicals are running scared. What’s playing out in the GOP today isn’t a battle between … Continue reading

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