"Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?" -- George W Bush Indeed. Is they? Two ways to see this: (1) Hell no, and…
Posts published by “Jeff Costello”
Who's going to disarm Wayne LaPierre? If you want to see just how nuts he is, find a copy of the NRA magazine and read his column.
Conservative writer P.J. O'Rourke, who used to butt heads with Molly Ivins on TV, came on the Tonight show once and explained right wing logic:…
I've been engaging the squares again on the internet. There is a triumvirate of obtuse right-wing self-declared patriots and all-around Good Americans (in the sense…
Don’t try to get religion out of politics. Politics IS religion. Hillary believers, bah humbug. They’re having fun putting Bernie on the rack. I have…
Obamacare? I know nothing about it, but it seems those who hate it are the same ones who hate Obama for the usual reason. I've…
This is the word that comes to mind on hearing/seeing Hillary speak on the hustings. The raw, hoarse sound of her voice. The nasty finger jabbing. She, in her vast public career, obviously has had many role models and influences as to a speaking/campaigning style. With this, I contend we are seeing beyond merely smug to the "real" Hillary. She gives me the creeps.
Okay, what is it with the beards? As a fashion trend, it seems a lot of young guys are sporting them. Of course there have…
"Establishment" is now a meaningless word, with one faction of the establishment accusing another of being "establishment." Another co-opted term. In the 60's we knew…
Talking about politics is not something I enjoy much, and we know all too well there is more than enough commentary everywhere on the absurd…
A lot of nutty things appear in the AVA's “online comments” section, and we might want to include this one under that heading. The idle…