Lighting the Fuse of Revolution? There’s a grimly fascinating update from “Rightwing Watch” (RW) detailing how the harder core of the religious right is throwing down the gauntlet to the U.S. Supreme Court, to wit:Legalize same sex marriage nationwide, and you’ll face an armed insurrection. A new Civil War. A Boom-Boom-Bonhoeffer Moment.Your Honors, You Have … Continue reading The Supreme Court: Lighting the Fuse of Revolution?
O.M.G. —Wal-Freaking-Mart?? In Arkansas?? The Arkansas legislature has passed a religious-based antigay law, HB 1228, that is a near-clone of the controversial Indiana law. It now goes to the governor. But Attention Wal-Mart shoppers! Let me repeat that, after picking my jaw up off the floor: << “Every day in our stores, we see firsthand the … Continue reading O.M.G. –Wal-Freaking-Mart??
Vegas: the Beast & 7 Deadlies I admit that the tourist spectacle of Las Vegas, the very shamelessness of its gilt-edged tawdriness, stirs a certain repulsive fascination for me. But that aside, my sense of the city is that it combines a manifestation of the Beast of the Apocalypse with a showcase for the Seven Deadly … Continue reading A View of Vegas: the Beast & 7 Deadlies
Put A Friendly Woman on the $20 I like this. An online campaign has taken off to bounce old Andy Jackson off the $20 bill and replace him with a woman. “Women on 20s”
Bombshell: Bob Dylan Is A WHAT??!!?? Okay, so it doesn’t surprise me a bit that at 73, Bob Dylan gives the first exclusive interview about his umpty-umpth new album, “Shadows In The Night,” to the AARP Magazine.