There was once a time when election-year fanfare did not make its conquest before the winds shifted toward springtime. The candidates dared not breach that crucial threshold between the TV and your living room during the frigid death throes of…
‘Black March’ Poised To Change Landscape of Censorship Debate
Despite the fervor in certain circles of the Internet regarding the gestating online censorship bills — SOPA and PIPA in the House and Senate respectively — I’ve noticed astonishingly scant attention paid to the matter in the important forums. This…
Veritas Forum mirrors election 'circus of ignorance'
I have admitted to myself that covering the Presidential election feels like watching paint dry, and I look forward to the inevitable coronation of Mitt Romney like one might look forward to a salad at VG Café. Of course, there…
Here's to Mitt Romney
I would like to welcome my readers back to another season, another quarter of (slightly more expensive) education, another 11-week formality in our life-long intellectual chrysalis and indeed to another year entirely. For those of you who could not seem…
Perry implodes, but it hurts to laugh
I like to imagine that somewhere in the White House is a niche, an alcove or the tiniest of sanctuaries from the demands of politics and the press where the president can go to privately celebrate the major victories which…
Herman Cain and Justin Bieber in same boat
Besides a broad and dedicated (and lucrative) fan base among the wholesome conservatives and Evangelicals in the flyover states, each figure is a relatively new guest in the foyer of the American popularity machine — and each is presently combating…
Occupy needs true leadership to continue sucess
Folks have been pressuring me to write something about the Occupation phenomenon we see blossoming across the country. They thankfully fall short of asking me to shepherd the movement, to insert myself into the precarious politics of the situation at…
Racism evident in GOP-supported voter suppression laws
There has been much discussion since the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama concerning what American racism and classism might look like in the 21st century. Here was a clear historic anomaly — a black man holding the most sacred office…
A liberal's lament
I want to talk about the experience of being a liberal in today’s intellectual climate. Though I’ve always worn my political sentiments close to the surface, I feel that deeper down there lurks a more transcendental set of beliefs which,…