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An Impersonation That Actually Gets Better, Instead of Worse

Obama’s first State of the Union address

First one I’ve ever heard that didn’t begin “The state of our union is strong!” Nice to have a president who will own up to error sometimes.

One Year Ago

Postal

In the ongoing debate about health care, right-wingers who don’t want the government involved consistently point to the post office as an example of how terribly the government runs things.

Now, I’m not gonna pretend that I like lining up with my package to France, the week before Christmas, when there are only two clerks on [...]

Like Mike

It occurred to me yesterday that Michael Moore movies actually have a lot in common with Tyler Perry movies. Both lure the viewer in with the expectation of some comedically righteous outbursts from a funny fat person, in order to ease you into a far more depressing story about suffering people, with the end goal [...]

Is it wrong to speak ill of the dead?

Really. Is it?

This has been swirling through my mind since the death of Ted Kennedy, one of the right-wing’s most hated Democrats. If you honestly hated the guy in life, should you be obliged to suspend that hate in death?

I don’t think anyone argued on the day of Saddam Hussein’s execution that we should say [...]