bush is what you get when you vote for a republican damn it

Incompetent Through and Through

The Republican Party apparatus is having a really difficult day today. First, someone in charge of the Twitter account for the Republican National Committee tweeted out a spurious quote attributed to Abraham Lincoln. Not long after that, someone else (probably?) at the US Department of Education misspelled the name of W.E.B. Du Bois in a tweet quotingContinue reading “Incompetent Through and Through”

Tuesday Links

Hard to believe the election was already a week ago. Life goes on, but it has been disorienting. A loved one turned off Nirvana’s “Come as You Are” in favor of Creed’s “With Arms Wide Open” the other day. I don’t know anything anymore. Steve Bannon becoming chief strategist for President-elect Donald Trump’s White House should beContinue reading “Tuesday Links”

Is Moderate John Kasich a Moderate if His Proposals are Indistinguishable from Those of Trump and Cruz? An Investigation

Let’s hear from the man himself. Speaking last month at my alma mater, the University of Virginia, and as noted by The New Yorker‘s Benjamin Wallace-Wells, Ohio Governor John Kasich and candidate for the Republican Party’s nomination for president had this to say: “…of course I’m not a moderate, I’ve been a conservative all my life…” Surely aContinue reading “Is Moderate John Kasich a Moderate if His Proposals are Indistinguishable from Those of Trump and Cruz? An Investigation”

Proving Government Doesn’t Work By Destroying It

The blog’s newest tag – bush is what you get when you vote for a republican damn it – needs an explanation. It debuted in the most recent “Weekend Links” post. That George W. Bush’s presidency was a disaster goes without saying for those that were both alive and awake from 2001 until 2009. InContinue reading “Proving Government Doesn’t Work By Destroying It”

Weekend Links

Congratulations to the staff of Ivy Language Academy here in Dali, Yunnan. This month we celebrate our second anniversary. We opened in March 2014 with 18 total students. We’re going to start this semester with at least 65 and probably more! The marketing team really humped it these past few weeks with clear, excellent results to show for itContinue reading “Weekend Links”