Semantics

Politicians: Branded Men

Politicians: Branded Men

One of modernity’s toxic effects is that words now mean whatever we want them to...

Sex & Money

The Dirty Old Man and the IMF

The Dirty Old Man and the IMF

Saturday was a bad day for the New World Order. New York police boarded the...

Eco-mania

A Phony Shade of Green

A Phony Shade of Green

A few years ago, I brought a young visitor of mine from the East to Moonshadows, the...

Tech Overload

Why Are New Cars So Ugly?

Why Are New Cars So Ugly?

I looked out my bedroom window last night and saw Will Smith stepping into a 1967 Ford...

Terror!

Bin Laden’s Body Politic

Bin Laden’s Body Politic

Osama bin Laden is dead (supposedly). And what has it cost us? A decade-long war in...

Vile Bodies

Three Cups of Bullshit

Three Cups of Bullshit

As someone who just handed his memoirs to Simon & Schuster, I am very sensitive about...

Insider Politics

Donald Trump’s Eminent-Domain Empire

Donald Trump’s Eminent-Domain Empire

Don’t be fooled by The Donald. Take it from one who knows: I’m a South Jersey gal who...

War

War: Still a Racket

War: Still a Racket

Barack Obama campaigned for president on a promise to end the war in Iraq and “finish...

Home Front

In Defense of the Rich

In Defense of the Rich

“Let’s put it this way,” says the uneducated liberal with the nursery-school...

Economy

Obama Blows up the Bridge

Obama Blows up the Bridge

“Rather than building bridges, he’s poisoning wells,” said Rep. Paul Ryan, after...

Rocket Science

The End of Manned Space Flight

The End of Manned Space Flight

Somewhere in the London Daily Mirror’s billionfold archives is a photograph taken in...

Home Front

Robocrap

Robocrap

The Detroit RoboCop statue is a fitting cenotaph for the end of America, a goofy metal...

Bitch

Sexually Charged: From Charney to Seagal

Sexually Charged: From Charney to Seagal

Sexual-harassment lawsuits began in the mid-1970s but really gained momentum in the...

Idiocracy

Smokeasy, California!

Smokeasy, California!

I love tobacco. I have been a pipe and cigar smoker since my 16th birthday. (My father...

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