Six People Who Need Their Heads Popped Like a Zit

I still dream of the days when I mustered the strength to pop someone’s head like a zit, to just let the vitriol fly and let the pus-covered words land where they may. That day has come.

Newt Gingrich: Professor of Ignorati 101

Newt Gingrich likes to promote himself as an academic with all the answers – academic answers similar to Creationism. The image fits well with his messianic complex as an oracle who preaches the perfection of what’s right – and we do mean right – and true. Plus, the “liberal” media gobbles it up like a plane crash making a smoking crater in the ground.

Evangelicals Must Pray Early, Pray Often

All voting blocks – left and right – have fallen for the charlatans’ siren song at some point. As a result, they make such counter-intuitive deviations from common sense they end up hurting their causes more than helping them. Evangelicals are taking their turns this time around.

Time for Cain to Take a Break and Eat a Slice

Pizza Man’s pepperoni caught in the wringer again. Last time it was mulitple allegations of sexual harrassment, this time it’s a woman claiming a 13-year affair. For good or bad, it’s the cost of doing business in an overcharged, toxic, and hyper-rancorous political environment.

California: Thinking Long and the Missing Stakeholders

California – which has a budget crisis (that when scaled) is equal to or greater than the country’s – has a bipartisan “supercommittee” called the Think Long Committee to generate ideas for how to get the state out of the mess it’s in. That’s not a bad idea. Undoubtedly, someone should be thinking long.