Tag Archives: Politics
Thought bombs
Am I the only one who sees the arrest of two artists as a scary thing. Boston had a citywide “bombscare” because of the “Mooninite” magnetic LED signs that had been posted near roadways in the city. The two men responsible for building the devices have been arrested for making “bomblike” devices. The CNN story […]
Self-history
“I was born in Oslo, Norway, the son of a Volvo factory worker and part-time ice fisherman,†a mock self-tribute begins. “My mother was a backup singer for Abba. They were good folks.†In Chicago, “I discovered I was black, and I have remained so ever since.†– Obama’s send-up of Obama, while he was […]
Well-liked, not well-known
Quinnipiac’s Polling Institute (with which I have no affiliation, beyond being at the same university) has recently released their “thermometer poll,” which asks respondents to simply indicate how “warm” they are to particular politicians, with 100 being warm and 0 being cold. The mean figures are as follows, with the parenthetical numbers indicating the percent […]
Freedom to assemble, sort of