A gun is a weapon of mass destruction; an invention of man created in our pathetic attempt to control nature and exert power over our fellow citizens. In America today, we have a plague of mass shootings carried out by deranged individuals with easy access to weapons which are intended to kill as many people […]
So here we have another self-loathing closeted gay man who, because he can’t deal with his own homosexual feelings, reacts violently to the realization. Like virtually the entire Republican Party, Omar Mateen was so ashamed of his sexual feelings and so filled with self-loathing that he felt the need to symbolically kill those urges by […]
Another one of my heroes is gone. Muhammad Ali was, if nothing else, one of the coolest guys on the planet. Super-intelligent, articulate – poetic even – and beautiful to look at. I still remember the Thrilla in Manila and the Rumble in the Jungle; the ‘Rope-a-dope’ and of course, Angelo Dundee. Even before he […]
Last month the International Monetary Fund issued a report admitting that neoliberalism – the economic philosophy which has driven Western capitalism for decades – has been a failure. The report, “Neoliberalism: Oversold?” strikes at the core of this evil ideology and echoes what critics of neoliberalism have been saying all along: instead of delivering economic […]
Americans are incapable of reflecting on their terribly unhealthy relationship with guns. Guns are akin to a sexual fetish in America. A fetish cannot be cured or reflected upon. Gun fetishism is the culture America created as a way of reinforcing white supremacy through force. You can’t reflect on the role of guns in our […]
The American Dream has become The American Nightmare for most people. One of the problems is that many of us can’t see – or aren’t old enough to remember – how much of that dream has slipped away over the past 50 years. Where to Invade Next? is filmmaker Michael Moore’s personal indictment of contemporary […]
An increasing number of shooting rampages are being committed by individuals who are under the influence of or withdrawing from prescription drugs that are known to cause mania, psychosis and even homicide in some patients. Colorado authorities confirmed James Holmes had received psychiatric care at the University of Colorado for undisclosed issues before donning combat […]
Somehow the pundits on social media hailed Beyoncé’s performance as a profound political statement. Seriously? I hate to break this to America, but Beyoncé Knowles awful half-time show at Stupor Bowl 2016 was embarrassing to watch. There’s no other way to put it. Beyoncé’s musical statement was merely a cynical way to promote herself and her […]
The Stupor Bowl is the American version of the Nazi party rallies from the 1930s. The first twenty minutes of the Stupor Bowl telecast this year was essentially a free commercial for the Pentagon; promoting war and militarism and a glorification of violence. We got to see lots of clean-cut American soldiers in uniforms smiling […]
Last week PoliTech, a non-partisan student political group at Texas Tech in Lubbock released a video, Politically Challenged. In the edited video host Courtney Plunk asks Tech students basic questions such as, “who is the vice president of the United States?” “From which country did America gain its independence?” and “Who won the Civil War?” […]
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