The Election: My Late Thoughts (In Case You Care)
My original intention was to do a long post about what exactly went wrong for Democrats, with bullet points and the like laid out and organized appropriately. But then I realized that doing that would mean this post would be extraordinarily long, and unnecessarily so. Besides, if you want to see some interesting opinions on […]
The “Bully” That Therefore I Am: Final Thoughts on Fail-ty and Social Activism
The last week or so has been somewhat illuminating. First, I stumbled upon Lavid Tidhar’s coverage of the Elizabeth Moon Islamaphobic rant (a.k.a. the Moon Fiasco, which sounds suspiciously like a silly children’s detective story); when I say I stumbled, I mean that with the utmost sincerity, as I had not been looking for it, […]
Polarized Politics and How Republicans Can Earn My Vote
If the title didn’t give it away, I’m stepping into politics again. Paying attention to the news makes one intimately aware of just how polarized the political process in the United States has become; this isn’t anything new, but it is something that I think we should be highlighting more and more when we try […]
How to Ruin Your Political Book: Making Obviously Fallacious Arguments
No, I’m not talking about Glenn Beck or Bill O’Reilly or Ann Coulter or Sean Hannity or their democratic equivalents (Keith Olberman, Rachel Maddow, et al.). In fact, this post is based on a book that is, I think, far less controversial than the usual fair from the authors I just mentioned–a book that, by […]
In Response to Sarah Palin’s Questions to the President
I don’t generally get into politics on this blog–at least, not the non-literature kind–but I feel compelled to go there this time around primarily because Sarah Palin’s recent Facebook note is too problematic to ignore. Palin’s note is a series of questions to Barack Obama about his recent “endorsement” for the construction of a mosque […]
I Know What Un-American Is
Do you? Well, if you don’t, maybe you should consider the following: 1. Sending U.S. soldiers into Iraq to die under the spoken claim that a) Iraq was a direct threat to the United States (false) and b) Iraq had weapons of mass destruction (also false). What exactly are they defending in Iraq? You should […]