The recent proposal to allow Congresspersons to carry guns is so stupid, so childish, so dishonest, and so wrong, on so many levels, that I honestly have a hard time keeping track of exactly how wrong it is.  There -- if this post is less than 100% coherent, you have my… Read full post »

On the one hand, it is perfectly obvious by now that the factors that drove Jared Laughner to fire into a crowd at a political event Tuscon, AZ, killing six, were purely psyciatric, and not at all political.  If there's a political agenda to be discerned from his words and actions, it… Read full post »

Following is a comment I posted elsewhere.  Sorry for the hasty post...

I'd be extremely surprised if there were not a demonstrable connection between right-wing Republican (and, yes, libertarian) anti-government and anti-liberal rhetoric and the recent shooting of Democratic Congresswoman Gabrie… Read full post »

So Pope Palpadict is now in Britain, meeting with the Queen (God(s) save them all!) and continuing his desperate attempts to apologize for his Church's failure to deal appropriately with child-rapists within its own hierarchy, while protecting the all-important authority of the same backward authorit… Read full post »

If you teatards want to get pissed about a "mosque at Gound Zero," here's the real deal: a mosque that was on the 17th floor of tower 2, before both towers were destroyed.  It survived the first WTC attack in 1993 (and heard no controversy about its presence afterword), but not… Read full post »

I just came across a Salon article that may force me to retract, or at least reconsider, a large amount of what I said in my previous post.  Short answer: the (state-owned) Saudi media were first to hype up the Koran-roast just like they pretty much created the Toon Tantrum*); which… Read full post »

Every country on Earth has its share of mentally ill losers who have nothing better to do -- no better way to express their feelings -- than staging pointless (and sometimes dangerous) stunts just to get people's attention and feel relevant.  The overwhelming majority of such people are ignored… Read full post »

I was watching a TV show last night that began as the Lost series finale, and ended as The Ghost Whisperer.  And the worst of it is, I was not at all surprised.  The show has been getting more ridiculous with each new twist ABC threw in just to keep our attention from one… Read full post »

Today's BBC Web Page has an interesting mix of headlines.  For those following the British election (yo, LibDems, what happened to that surge?), there's this:

UK Coalition Leaders in Unity Vow

And for anyone looking for something more momentous than a piddling national election to wake them up,… Read full post »

I stayed up way too late last night watching what has to be the most appalling and disgraceful example of journalistic cowardice and know-nothingism EVER.

Last night's episode of ABC's Nightline began with a clean-cut white boy-man asking what was so wrong with black women that so many of them couldn… Read full post »

Let's face an ugly truth: the Russian people have indeed been victimized by a new wave of Islamist suicide-bombers from their chronically unstable Caucasus region; but if history is any guide, they're about to be even more victimized by their own government's "response" to the attacks.

Here's Preside… Read full post »

Okay, this is my first post on Open Salon.  This was a purely impulsive decision I just made within the last few minutes, so I don't have time to write a full-blown essay today.

 I'm a technical writer with a longstanding interest in politics, religion (I'm a polytheist leaning toward the… Read full post »