Categories: Current Affairs, Legal Nonsense, Mainstream Media Narcolepsy, War on Christmas, Why my God is better than your God (or your non-God)
A thought-provoking article
by Graham 
...on the tendency for conservative thinkers and leaders to consistently Get Stuff Wrong. George Lakoff would no doubt point out that this is only to be expected; when people are confronted with facts that contradict their worldview, they often react by… more »
09/03/07 11:06:36 am, Future Postings
by Graham
I intend to shift the focus of this blog away from postings focussing on current events, towards longer articles about a wider range of topics. There are a number of excellent bloggers and commentators who do a great job of writing about current events,… more »
The Larry Craig affair
by Graham
Many commentators have already commented on the unfolding story about Sen. Larry Craig (R. ID, for those people who watched Fox News and saw him captioned without his party affiliation...).
I am not going to labour all of the obvious points about hypoc… more »
Mine collapse disaster
by Graham
Although the media (as one might expect) is still focussed on the human interest side of the recent mining collapse which has trapped a number of workers, as investigative journalists and bloggers get to work, the seedy underbelly of mining regulation in… more »
After the capituation of the Democrats...
by Graham
...to the demands of The Great Decider that the checks and balances in the Constitution should be partially dismantled to allow for the retrospective legalization of warrantless wiretapping (what part of the conflatable phrases "Eastern Europe" and "poli… more »
Another discussion about the very wonderful Bill O'Reilly
by Graham
I wrote this posting over at Robert Greenwald's blog as a response to a commenter who (in typical Fox News debating fashion) seized upon a statement in the original posting as an excuse to dismiss the underlying argument (the equivalent of the old "look… more »
The Myth of the Ten Commandments
by Graham
With increasing agitation from hard-core Christian conservatives for the display of the Ten Commandments in public places (witness Judge Roy Moore's Don Quixote-like campaign to display them in his courtroom building), it is time to note that what people… more »
When Prophecies Fail
by Graham
One of the questions that I always used to ask myself is why, when the policies, strategies, tactics and beliefs of a group are shown to be wrong, there is no much resistance to changing those policies, strategies, tactics and beliefs. I have personally… more »
Ten Politically Incorrect truths about human nature
by Graham
Of course, how true these might be is always open to doubt...but I found them thought-provoking... more »
The JetBlue - YearlyKos sponsorship train-wreck
by Graham
Brief summary: JetBlue decided to sponsor YearlyKos in 2007. They provided air tickets in exchange for having their corporate logo on the YearlyKos site and promotional materials.
Bill O'Reilly found out that JetBlue were sponsoring YearlyKos and erupt… more »