Bergdahl Backlash GOP Plot To “Swiftboat” Freed Soldier
So what do we know about the soldiers who have come forward to criticize freed Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl? We know that their interviews were arranged by...
A Tourist’s Fear of American Guns
I've never been to America you know. Seriously I haven't - I think you'd probably remember if I had. I would very much like to...
There’s No Reforming Gun Laws Despite the Next Catastrophe
There's been a lot written about America's gun violence, but unfortunately little to nothing has been done to stop it. On the contrary, it seems...
Politics in the UK-Left Right Right Left
If I'm quite honest I'm rather apolitical. I often agree with 'the right' only to find myself agreeing with 'the left' ten minutes later and...
Perverse Incentives at VA to Violate Veteran’s Rights
Eric Shinseki once discussed his management technique, comparing it to combat, where you never have enough information or resources."Sometimes you just gotta launch, and fight your...
Anti-Gay ‘American Family’ Hate Group Calls for Boycott of US Postal Service
The American Family Association, a pro-"traditional" marriage group that is so virulently anti-gay that the Southern Poverty Law Center has classified it as a hate...
The Work of Urban Youth-A Podcast
If we go to prisons, we will find a higher percentage of residents who might be called "urban." If we go through Job Corps statistics...
A Redneck’s View On Donald Sterling
As most everyone in the country knows the National Basketball Association (NBA) is in a dither about race relations at the moment. It started with Donald Sterling,...
Don’t Let Your Dog Drink From the Ocean: Salt Water Can Be Deadly
Some time ago we talked about the rare dangers of dogs drinking out of lakes and the risk of blue-green algae poisoning. Today we will discuss the potential dangers...
Local Race Relations In Britain
My wife and I live in an 'end terrace' house. A 'terrace' is a row of houses that are joined together. The 'mid-terrace' houses are...
Our Sunday Morning Cartoon
Our resident cartoonist shares his view of Speaker John Boehner.
How A World View Changes
A Palestinian boy straps explosives to himself and becomes a suicide bomber. A mad young man in America shoots people for no reason what so...
NSA: Snowden Is Lying and We Can Prove It
Not surprisingly the NSA is claiming that Eddie Snowden is full of shit. In the wake of his interviews with the talented Bryan Williams the...
The Nazis Never Really Went Away
The European Union elections of 2014 have shown beyond any shadow of doubt that the Nazis, long thought defeated in WWII, are back and in...