John McCain? This one’s on you.

I like to think of a time before Sarah Palin, before John McCain let himself get talked into adding her to the Republican ticket in ’08. And sitting this one out? Not an option, my wrinkly friend.

How sad and weird and internet-y

At the risk of sharing proprietary information, this blog draws anywhere from 600 to 1,000 hits during the week, and significantly less than that on the weekend, when I don’t update it. As I’m not selling ads, the numbers are more like a “How ’bout that,” but this weekend, I logged on to check for …

Jesus was a radical economist

Remember the Rev. Howard Bess? The Baptist minister clashed with former Alaska governor/former vice presidential candidate/current gadabout Sarah Palin over abortion and gay rights, says about Jesus: Jesus made his reputation as a Jewish economist, one with very strong opinions about wealth and property, about the relationship between the rich and the poor. He also …