But Some Think Our Attitude Should Be One Of Gratitude
May 13Here’s what I wrote in the comments section of this article: If one prison guard beats you twenty times a day while the other guards beat you fifty times a day, then you’ll certainly prefer the first guard to the others – but should you be grateful to him? Or should you jump at the [...]
Money Changes Everything
Apr 25I just saw Michael Sandel on The Colbert Report expressing outrage at the idea of allowing votes, citizenship, and improved prison cells to be marketable commodities. I don’t have much of a dog on either side of this fight, since the three institutions he mentions (at least in anything like their present form) are all [...]
Señales Mixtas
Feb 29I just saw an ad in which ethnic-cleansing governor Jan Brewer was inviting people to “come to Arizona.” Muchas gracias por la bienvenida, Señora Brewer.
Border Solipsism
Feb 22A carjacking incident in Mexico near the u.s. border results in 50 rounds being fired; one of these rounds crosses the border and hits a woman in El Paso. So everyone on tv is talking about how terrible it is that an American was shot; and they’re quite right, it is terrible that an American [...]
Some Must Watch
Feb 12The United States was nearly destroyed last month. Thankfully, alert public servants intervened to avert America’s destruction; like Gandalf facing down the Balrog they cried “you … shall not … pass!” – and sent Boris and Natasha scurrying back to their sinister overseas nation. Oh, and Marilyn Monroe’s remains are safe also. Dum dum dum [...]
Torremolinos, Torremolinos
Aug 26A successfully iconic satire destroys the viability of its target. After Tina Fey’s celebrated skit on SNL, for example, Russia’s visibility from Alaska could never again be invoked without derision as an argument for Sarah Palin’s expertise in international affairs. This is a lesson that Sean Gabb really should have taken to heart before offering [...]
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