Race. There is nothing you can say to a conservative on this topic that will not inspire an immediate kneejerk reaction that race shouldn’t be the topic. Over and over again, conservatives tell us that race has nothing to do with it when they flip flop on Obama’s Libya actions (Newt Gingrich wanted bombing before…
Interviews with the Invisible: The Obama Defender
Today I sit down with Alabama Liberal’s first female interview subject (Adrienne Lieu, a student going into physical therapy and a great role model for young black women) to discuss Obama’s presidency so far, why people might be losing their minds over his election, and if the healthcare law discourages her from entering the medical…
Larger Editorial: Why Climate Crisis is the New Civil War and Why It’s Worth Fighting
If anyone has ever read a book or seen a TV show based on life in the “contemporary” Southeast, sooner or later The Civil War comes up. It’s as if the writer—who probably “isn’t from around here”—is itching for the moment to work this into the narrative. Even otherwise great books and television series go…
Now What? (Life Post-Grad): Thank You For My Health Insurance President Obama
The youth vote is a notoriously disappointing demographic for a politician to court. To get the them you have to risk saying things that will alienate other voters, they’re hard to fully please, and 9 times out of 10 they won’t show up to vote at all. In 2008, an astounding three quarters of people…
The Fast Food Critic: Hardee’s “Healthy” Turkey Burger Michelle Obama’s Handiwork?
This is a little unusual for the Fast Food Critic for three reasons: 1. This feature has been benched for about a month so welcome back everyone! 2. We are covering a fast food item that’s actually somewhat healthy, 3. In keeping with the Obama week theme, I sort of grasp at straws to tie…
Down & Out in Bumblefuck: Defending Obama Week
Not so much an actual item that relates to rural people (this is tornado season so in an attempt to keep this from turning into the weather channel, this feature might be kind of scarce in coming weeks), as it is an announcement about this week’s features. Sunday officially kicked off “Defending Obama Week,” in response…
Monday Morning Movie Review: Your Highness
This could be a eulogy as much as a review as Your Highness died this past weekend, the same it was born on. The film opened in 6th place with more people going to see the sure-to-be-shitty Arthur, giving Russell Brand (also voice star of Hop) the top two films this past weekend. The apocalypse…
Monday Morning Movie Review: Source Code
The biggest problem I have with Source Code isn’t even in the movie. It’s in the other movie reviews I read for it that use this movie to launch an attack on Inception, saying both movies are convoluted and make no sense when you really think about them. As a tired defender of Inception, this…
Monday Morning Movie Review: Paul
Does anyone care about this movie anymore? I watched this thing…I guess it was almost a month ago, and at this point I’ve almost completely forgotten it. That’s too bad because I was going to give Paul a pretty good review, but now realize maybe it deserves less than that. What Works: Seth Rogen as…
Mom Jokes: Next Season on Survivor
Have you heard about the next planned “Survivor” show? Three businessmen and three businesswomen will be dropped in an elementary school classroom for 1 school year. Each business person will be provided with a copy of his/her school district’s curriculum, and a class of 20-25 students. Each class will have a minimum of five learning-disabled…
Sunday’s Sermons: Conservatives See President Black Panther, I see President Huxtable
“I don’t hate Obama because he’s black…” So starts almost every argument by people that don’t like Obama before leading to the second half of that sentence which proves they almost definitely hate him because he’s black “…I hate him because he’s a Muslim.” Not true. “…I hate him because he’s not born in the…
Working Class Economist: Why Liberals Need to Get Better at Math
It happens at least a handful of times every week: I talk Math and nobody listens. By Math, I mean what politics really boils down to: fundraising, economic clashes, working class versus rich, unions versus corporations, simplified to the extreme: money. The political feud between Democrats and Republicans isn’t some lofty war of morals like…
Now What? (Life Post Grad): Which Social Networking Site is Right for You?
Since today I am putting more of a marketing push behind Working Class Economist’s feature, and it has been scientifically proven my facebook friends can only handle one serious item a day—if that—before going to something lighter or logging off completely, I am going to evaluate the different social networking sites for you and anything…