December 16 12
There’s no way to sugarcoat it: this week 27 people were gunned down in an elementary school massacre, 20 of them children. I have been grieving partially out of the sheer enormity of the event by itself, and partially because I have seen this story happen before, far too many times. According to Amy Sullivan [...]
March 22 10
Okay as anyone who knows me or regularly talks with me knows, I have been for the whole of my politically conscious life been a staunch and unflinching advocate of healthcare reform in this country. The battle to reform a system that has made it their business to cut costs by denying life-saving care, that [...]
January 3 10
I grew up in the 80s and 90s—two decades that are probably still fighting with each other over which was the better future. In the 80s electronic music started to hit the mainstream in a huge way. Synthesizers replaced all else, and androgynous guys with badass haircuts rocked out on keytars. Also, there was a [...]
April 26 09
I am absolutely furious about this torture thing. Really. When did we stop being a nation that gives a shit and turn into this current one, which is apparently A-OK with war crimes, blatant human rights abuses, and violent, despicable activity by our previous administration?
January 8 09
I’m looking forward to 2009 mostly because I’m glad to see 2008 be finished forever. The politics and the economics of 2008 were just about the worst I’ve seen in my lifetime. The 2008 primary—at least on the Democrats’ side—got super messy. I was behind Obama from the very start because I live in Chicago [...]
October 20 08
Okay I don’t really write about politics here very often, but this is something that really pissed me off as a city dweller and as a man who makes his living pushing pixels. I am so tired of this mentality, put forth by the likes of John McCain and especially Sarah Palin, that because I’m [...]
January 18 07
Those of you who’ve known me or have been reading my writing for a while will already know quite well my opinion of Hillary Clinton as a senator and as a presidential candidate. Now that Barack Obama has, essentially, thrown himself into the fray, I think some further discussion needs to happen. First and foremost, [...]