Category Archives: knuckleheads

the five-minute oblation

the first insider tell-all of the former bush administration has emerged.  the counterattack is immediate, mean-spirited, and undermined at its own hand.  somebody must’ve hit a nerve and it all seems very familiar. the recently discredited poster boy of the republican … Continue reading

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from your lies

bruce feirstein lists 100 reasons for the current economic mess in vanity fair. feirstein’s list catches the expected people, places and things.  like any list going three digits, there’s fluff (he names bernie and ruth and the remainder of clan … Continue reading

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the age of stupid

there’s some feeling that the current decade of the ‘oughts’ needs a name. we have a name.

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nouveau headbanging

i had just turned sixteen.  a freshly-minted driver’s license and a VW type 4 got me to cole field house in college park.  black sabbath was the first concert i ever saw in my life. i’m not necessarily proud of that … Continue reading

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