Post-Election Zombification

The Onion is arguably the most consistent source of biting satire we have. Not sure if many people have seen any of the ONN (Onion News Network) videos; while, like The Onion headlines, they sometimes miss the mark, they are usually hilarious; the best parodies of the 24-hours new cycle shenanigans I’ve seen. My only [...]

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Making Calls for Obama

Though I’ve contributed to Obama’s campaign, I hadn’t yet given much of my time other than talking to friends and family about why I think he’s the best candidate. Like a lot of liberals out there I was starting to have pre-election jitters so I decided to make some Get-Out-the-Vote calls for Obama’s campaign.
The website [...]

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How Divided Are We? Pt I

Elections, which present us with stark binary choices, naturally tend to divide rather than unite the American public. Supporters become so fervent that they can’t imagine how someone could support the other guy.  Rather than assert any shared common ground, the candidates themselves reinforce their distinctions while paradoxically crawling toward the middle ground where any [...]

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Obama’s Infomercial

So if you weren’t tuned in to TV tonight, you might have missed Barack Obama’s 30-minute ad called, “American Stories, American Solutions:”

I wasn’t tuned in myself as I don’t have TV with reception, but quickly found the video on his website. There wasn’t anything groundbreaking but I enjoyed watching it nonetheless. [...]

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Sedaris on Undecided Voters

There’s a new Sedaris story in the New Yorker about undecided voters. I’ve included the beginning here, which ends with an wry analogy comparing this year’s candidates to airplane food:
I don’t know that it was always this way, but, for as long as I can remember, just as we move into the final weeks of [...]

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