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Political Culture: No Sex, Please, We’re American
Last week the Federal Communications Commission harrumphed briefly to life, handing down one of its outrageous and seemingly arbitrary fines to a broadcast network that dared show a bit of live flesh. It was
Read More »Sugar Water: January’s Almost Over
If you were born in January or you fell in love in January or you got married in January or you have a child who was born or fell in love or got married
Read More »Pop Politico: “Why Bill Clinton Is a Douchebag”
For all intents and purposes, Bill and Hillary Clinton should be my candidates. On the political spectrum I consider myself center-left, and the Clintons have been center-left politicians since, well, they became politicians. You
Read More »Dw. Dunphy On… Get Me Some Money Too
In response to the nearly self-fulfilling prophecy of a recession, President Bush recently announced proposals to offer tax rebates in the ballpark of $150 billion. He also proposed a kick-in for industry to help
Read More »Political Culture: Rudy and the First Amendment, Part Two
“In Rudy Giuliani’s New York, where the curtain is being lowered on civil rights and civil liberties, anyone who dares to challenge the Mayor, this joyless man with the angry visage who throws out
Read More »Political Culture: Rudy and the First Amendment, Part One
“Freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want. Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great
Read More »Sugar Water: Testify! (Before Congress)
As you know, these are trying times, filled with economic uncertainty, terrorist threats, military aggression, global warming, and even a few presidential candidates who aren’t white guys. In times like these, it helps to
Read More »Pop Politico: “It’s Not All a Dream”
Upon leaving office in 2000, Bill Clinton was keen on having a national conversation on race in America. He eventually did in 2004, but because he was a former president involved in this conversation
Read More »Political Culture: “November” Spawns a Monster
“Why do they hate me?” wails Nathan Lane as the fictional (but not too fictional) President Charles H.P. Smith, early in David Mamet’s new political comedy November. The reply comes without hesitation from Dylan
Read More »Sugar Water: Parade (Of Lies!)
I should start subscribing to the newspaper again on Sundays. Not for the news, of course. Please. No, the only part of the paper I’m interested in is Parade magazine, particularly Walter Scott’s Personality
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