The Prodigal Conflucian, i.e. me!

Well, will you take me back???

“That Kind Of Stupid Requires A Penis”

A group of my obsessed stalkers dedicated admirers, led by Angry Happy Hopeful Angry Again Vindicated Black Guy, is scouring the Intertoobz and compiling everything I have ever written since my first day in the blogosphere. When they are finished I will edit it down to manageable size and publish it under the title:  ”That Kind [...]

America Jumps The Shark

I’m beginning to think that the art of politics (if there is such a thing) is the ability to get strangers to pretend to understand when you talk nonsense out of both sides of your mouth.  Unfortunately, that is also today’s definition of journalism.  That makes looking for turds of political wisdom among the media [...]

Still Riding the Wave or Crashing on a Rocky Shore?

The other day as I was aimlessly surfing the net in search of something interesting to read, I came across a fascinating op-ed column by James Saft of Reuters, UK. Saft referenced a book by historian David Hackett Fischer, The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History. in an effort to understand the [...]

Still Hooked On Hopium

Jeralyn Merritt at TalkLeft, a criminal defense attorney and Obama supporter who frequently writes about people who were wrongfully convicted and other abuses of our criminal justice system, casually laid this rotten egg yesterday: During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama said he would close Guantanamo during his first 100 days in office. This morning, on ABC‘s [...]

Monday: Separation Anxiety

Melissa Ethridge {{sigh}} I don’t want to start another flame war.  I love her songs and her passion.  What bothers me is her slavish devotion to hopium when reality is smacking her upside the head.  But she, like a lot of people who make their money in front of adoring crowds, has to watch what [...]