Cast into Class, or The Beheading of the American Empire
It is time for the United States to be humble, before we are humiliated. We have a long history of acting like an empire abroad, while somehow keeping the truth…
Woman of the Year: Kate Beckinsale
Enclosed is the letter we would have sent Kate Beckinsale, our Woman of the Year for 2007, if she returned our calls...or knew who we were besides the people she…
Woman of the Year: Meet the Candidates
It's that time of year that the crew and readers think about the women who have affected our lives so profoundly. Before voting, however, you may want to read about…
Man of the Year: Meet the Candidates
It's that time of year that the crew and readers think about the men who have affected our lives so profoundly. Before voting, however, you may want to read about…
The Politics of Hobbits
The American people are natural dreamers. We are idealists by default, which stems from the way in which our country was founded, the legacy of which has continued through the…
Survivor: America
I turned on the T.V. the other night, something I seldom do anymore. Unless it's to watch something on PBS or on the History channel. There's so much crap on…
The Taxman Cometh
Well, once again tax time has come and gone. Each year we get our W-2s in the mail and, like good peasant merchants, we handed some of our hard-earned income…
Movies, The Meter Maid, and Me
So, I went to this little hole in the wall place that I frequent often. It's an old school video store, the kind you never see anymore. They've got over…