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Category Archives: Politics

The difference between me and Rush

Warning: The following contains a description of an obscure medical condition that may lead to uncomfortable visualizations of… Rush Limbaugh’s butt.
Rush Limbaugh got into some hot water this week. Agreeing with a caller, he referred to soldiers against the war as “phony soldiers,” implying that disagreement with our mad policy in Iraq makes a soldier [...]

Fred Thompson ain’t folksy

The media seems to be getting this one wrong. I know, big surprise. But while you hear all the pundits fall all over themselves talking about how down home Thompson is–basing their observations, it seems, on the characters he plays rather than the man himself–keep the following in mind.

Thompson was a lawyer for the Nixon [...]

Can we finally talk about gun control?

Okay, I’ve waited a “decent interval” after the Virginia Tech shootings to bring this up. But now that we’ve had yet another horrific incident of gun violence in this country, isn’t it about time we start talking seriously about gun control?
I know the NRA would love it if the public followed the lead of our [...]