Inspired by a real argument.

By the way, I’m turning 47 in a war zone as you read this.

Perhaps there’s a geeky alternative universe/timeline explanation for Obama’s inaction.

Obama echoes Reagan’s allusion to the homeless as campers.

One major wonder of the gays in the military controversy is: why would gays want to be in the military anyway? Hell, why would straight people?

People don’t know what’s up—and they don’t want to know.

But not by enough to make a difference.

The banks and other greedmonsters went on a wild spree—now they want us to pay the piper.

I was fascinated by repeated suggestions that the BP oil spill be nuked.

The obvious conclusion from recent studies is that humor not only makes political satire go down easier—it stops people from feeling the rage that might have motivated them to change things.