My New Favorite Nutter!

by | Nov 23, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal

The religious flock from whence I sprung sometimes produces such a numbskull the rest of us smack our foreheads in dismay that this is the kind of rot people take as representative of Christianity. And this fellow is a high-ranking fundamentalist nutball. I give you...

Elemental

by | Nov 23, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows

There aren’t many leaves left on the trees around here these days. Winter keeps insisting itself—frost in the morning, a really strong cold wind to push against walking up a hill, the light falling away quickly in the late afternoons, and darkness...

Imperium Watch: Cracking Down on Mining

by | Nov 23, 2010 | News

The Obama administration is moving to crack down on the mining industry for safety and environmental violations. For the first time in its history, the Department of Labor is suing to close a mine for safety reasons: Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine in...

Give Back the Cookies, Sen. Brown

by | Nov 23, 2010 | News

Last week, the U.S. Senate killed the Paycheck Fairness Act, a proposed law that would have taken on salary imbalances between men and women in the U.S. While a companion version of the bill passed in the House last year, Senate Republicans had filibustered the bill...