At some point in the dim, distant past — around the time I was born, just before Dwight Eisenhower took the oath of office — incorporated businesses accounted for 32 percent of Federal tax receipts. By contrast, personal income taxes — not including Social Security and other retirement programs — accounted for 42.2 percent. Things […]
Governor Rick Perry, newly declared candidate for President of the United States, has trotted out an old, dependable, and predictable villain, one familiar to science fiction fans and Luddites alike: Scientists. Scientists — and there’s a nice blanket term for you, by the way — are manipulating data related to climate change, and they’re doing […]
I’m dreaming, dreaming of bumper stickers: My deity can take your deity Yeah. That’s the ticket! Rub their noses in your superiority! My deity has authorized me to kill in his/her/its name, so watch it, bub! That should keep them from tailgating, don’t you think? Your political beliefs, if they […]
“I knew what I wanted to do a minute ago. Now it’s gone.” “What’s gone?” “What I wanted to do. It’s gone.” “I don’t follow. What you wanted to do?” “Right. What I wanted to do. I don’t know.” “Um… OK. You want any more wine?” “No, I’m good. Where is this going, anyway?” “What, […]