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Category Archives: The Inner Badger
Thoughts from a New Clinic Escort
Those of you who know me personally know that I’ve started volunteering with the Washington Area Clinic Defense Task Force. I’ve only been doing it two weeks, and it’s already been the most intense emotional experience I’ve ever had that … Continue reading
A Simple Answer to a Stupid Dilemma
As I’ve discussed before, as election season approaches and every voter faces the prospect of looking at what they have (or haven’t) done, many are facing this moment of truth with wailing, gnashing of teeth, wearing of hair shirts and … Continue reading
The First Thunderf00t PEARL-Clutching Award
I’ve written two posts about the piece by Conor Friedersdorf titled “Why I Refuse to Vote for Barack Obama.” Now many other people have said much more coherent things than I have about this, and Mr. Friedersdorf has better things … Continue reading
Immaturity and Intellectual Sloth? Really?
I just saw a post over at Sacerdotus that saddens me. I’m not going to excerpt it because of the explicitly-stated licensing conditions on the front page, but it’s a brief read, and I suggest you take a look at … Continue reading
I Have No Argument Against the Tax-Exempt Status of Churches.
I don’t need one either, because the churches make them for me.
Posted in Activism, Boy You Suck, Education, Elections, Fuck Your Team, Fundamentalism on the March, It Would Be Irresponsible Not To Speculate, Posts That Will Get Me Hate Mail, Self-determination, So how do we fix it?, Sometimes I Just Do It To Piss People Off, Stupid Power Tricks, WTF?
Tagged advocacy, clergy, election 2012, endorsement, first amendment, politics, separation of church and state
Utilitarianism and Voting
Scott Lemieux, Paul Campos, and Erik Loomis talk about some of the reaction to the post I talked about yesterday, in which Conor Friedersdorf said he could not in good conscience vote for Obama. Apparently they are getting a lot … Continue reading
The Anachronism of the Gold Standard
There’s a saying that’s famous among physicists: “That’s not even wrong.” The idea is that an answer or theory is so far afield that not only can it not be falsified, it ignores the foundational conditions of the situation it … Continue reading
The GOP’s Fundamental Policy Error
Much metaphorical ink has been used writing about Romney talking to his people (rather than YOU people) and things just keep getting worse. I would be remiss in failing to point out how The Daily Show and The Colbert Report … Continue reading
Student Loan Debt Is Terrifying
I’ve been worried about student loan debt for a while, and have been waiting for it to create the next big bubble (and noting that EU sovereign debt is forming another potential bubble by shifting the debts of the member … Continue reading
A Sign You Need to Reconsider Things….
This doesn’t look good… PORTLAND, Ore. — Paul Ryan crossed party lines and voiced support for one of President Obama’s biggest backers today, saying, “We stand with Mayor Rahm Emanuel” in his fight with Chicago’s teachers, which led the union … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Boy You Suck, Stupid Power Tricks, The Consequences of Finance
Tagged bad advice from an enemy, CTUnion, paul ryan, rahm emmanuel, unions