Tag: Tales From The Crypt
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The Anti-Abortion Crowd Just Got Their Wish And, Boy, Are They Gonna Regret It
As my old pal the Crypt Keeper used to say – with a darkly delighted cackle – “Be careful what you wish for, kiddies, you might just get it!” The conservatives have used the “pro-life” movement as their stalking horse. Conservatives couldn’t give a fly eff about anyone else’s life. If they knock someone up…
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There’s No Such Thing As “Alternative Reality” – There’s ONLY Reality & Those Who Refuse To Live In It
Republicans are like the Calvin character in Bill Watterson’s brilliant comic strip “Calvin & Hobbes” – except without any of the charm, innocence, humor or likeability. They’re the version that plays “Calvinball” the game where Calvin makes up all the rules as the game goes along. Perversely, it’s almost like Watterson anticipated Donald Trump –…
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The Jewish Experience And The Black Experience In America Aren’t Similar But They Aren’t That Different Either
Today, ABC News suspended Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks from “The View” after Whoopi “insisted that the Holocaust was “not about race,” but rather “man’s inhumanity to man.” Whoopi didn’t help herself any when she went on the Stephen Colbert show to do damage control. Look, in realpolitik terms, Whoopi is absolutely right: the larger…
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Everything The Republicans Are Doing Is Going To Blow Up In Their Faces
In a way, The Republican Party is about to become like a car-chasing dog that finally catches up to a car only to realize it never prepared itself for this moment – and this moment sucks – because the car just ran over it. On two different fronts, Republicans – white, Christian conservatives – are…