Monthly Archives: July 2011
Wingnuts’ call for California’s split is disingenuous
New York Times and Los Angeles Times graphics Just say oh, hell no!: The current Repugnican Tea Party proposition to split California into two states is meant only to help the shrinking Repugnican Tea Party in presidential elections. It’s been in … Continue reading
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Perry a potential Repugnican Tea Party insurgent to be reckoned with
AFP photo Texas Gov. Rick Perry addresses the Wingnuts’ Ball (Conservative Political Action Conference) in Washingtion, D.C., in February. Perry reportedly is testing the presidential waters. I hate Repugnican Tea Party Texas Gov. Rick Perry. I hate Texas. I hate … Continue reading
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Bill would make LGBT individuals visible in California public schools
The California state Legislature has passed a bill that requires the state’s public schools to teach about the contributions that non-heterosexuals and non-gender-conforming Americans have made to the nation – and the wingnuts, predictably, are agog. Funny, though, how it’s perfectly … Continue reading
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‘Tree of Life’: For critics or for viewers?
Film review “The Tree of Life” (which contains all of the images above, among many, many, many others): Great art or the self-indulgent, inaccessible pretensions of a baby boomer growing ever closer to death? It is telling that (as I type this sentence, … Continue reading
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