The Sanity Clause
by Jim Shankman
In all the Constitution there is only one right for which the founding fathers in their wisdom saw fit to provide a rationale.  It’s not the right of free speech  That one is self-evident.  (Although now that I come to think of i
[ Read more... ]

Terrorists’ Guide To Picking Up Girls
by Jim Shankman
Guys, do you realize how easy it can be to get laid when you’re a terrorist?  Let’s say you are sitting in a downtown bar where they speak English as a first language and some girl comes up to you and says, “W
[ Read more... ]

Poster Boy
by Jim Shankman
You can say a lot of things about the Congressional bills to put a timetable on the war.  Good, bad.  Smart, stupid.  Theater, legislation.  Too little, too much.  Trap, not a trap.  The beginning of the end, end of t
[ Read more... ]

Doctors Lawyers Commanders-in-Chief
by Jim Shankman
This past week was a bad one for the White House.  Scooter Libby was convicted of a serious blood clot in the Valerie Plame affair, and his boss Dick Cheney was found to have a dangerous perjury conviction in the vein of his left leg.  
[ Read more... ]

I Hate Hilary
by Joseph I. Andriano, Esq.
I am in a serious quandary.  As I'm sure you all can imagine, I'm in to politics.  I also believe, as a lawyer, civics teacher, and citizen, that voting is critical to the health of our democracy.  I have voted in every elec
[ Read more... ]

This Is A Job For Mr. President
by Jim Shankman
[Dateline: President’s televised new conference 2/14/0.  “…blah blah blah yak yak yak war war war….Iranian arms…
[ Read more... ]

America's Favorite Train Wreck
by Meghan Purvis
As I write this, it has been less than twelve hours since Anna Nicole Smith collapsed in a hotel room in Hollywood, Florida. In those twelve-minus hours, she has been the lead story on both the six- and ten-o’clock local news, the second bil
[ Read more... ]

He Died For Your Sins
by Jim Shankman
If I didn’t know better I would say that George Bush is a stealth Democrat who has infiltrated the Republican Party in order to destroy it from the inside.  During the 1990’s Senate and House Republicans developed a “party d
[ Read more... ]

You're Welcome
by Joseph I. Andriano, Esq.
On November 7, 2006, the State of Vermont elected, by a two-to-one margin, the first socialist to the United States Senate.You're welcome.Quite simply, the policies that Bernie is advocating will help the average person
[ Read more... ]

The Responsibility of Caring
by Cynthia Taylor
I am in a fight with one of my friends right now over whether I am required to have an opinion on Israel versus Palestine.  My feeling on this is: Both sides have some valid points, both sides have done some fucked up shit, it’s not lik
[ Read more... ]