Hello, citizen! Read the news? Watch the news? Think you know your country pretty well? Well, take the quiz. Start NOW! The tax bill that passed in 2017 was a regressive tax bill. Yes No I don’t know Who cares? Owning the Libs is all that matters This is stupid You’re an idiot A ‘regressive’ … Continue reading Are You a Brainwashed American? Take the Quiz!
Congressional Democrats and Republicans: the mother and father of a random shitty childhood. They fight each other for dominance in their toxic marriage, constantly ignoring their kids in the process. Tell them things like, “Go to your room!” and “Please, the adults are talking!” Sure, they know a lot about lawmaking, which isn’t easy. But … Continue reading You Remember These Dicks from High School?
If Donald Trump will walk away from the White House one day with nothing else to show for his half-assed efforts but a ridiculous East Wing ballroom, a trade war no opponent will have strictly adhered to, his face on Mt. Rushmore or, God forbid, a potential third term, he can at least take pride, … Continue reading Move Over, Communism, Terrorism, Wokeism, Hitler. Now It’s Political!
When reporting something in the news, there exists, to the journalist doing the reporting, both the benefit of hindsight and the ability, based on their research, to surmise where and to what end the topic may lead. Journalistic research not only yields context to both an audience and author, but a greater understanding of a … Continue reading The Single-Blindedness of Political Reporting
“The world is so polar today. Culture Wars are everywhere! People are screaming at one another online, and I just want things to go back to the way they used to be.” Oh, do you? No no, I’m asking: Do you? You want things to go back to the way they were, say. Say you … Continue reading This Is America. Like It or Not
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the BRIMBORION in April of 2021. Because its astuteness and relevance will likely be recognized and appreciated each and every election season in the foreseeable future, we have decided to print it again for 2024, and likely will for the next 200 years or so as long … Continue reading The Coming Electoral Contest in the Roman Empire, 395 A.D.
According to voters on both sides of the political spectrum, the 2024 presidential election is gearing up to be the most important presidential election of our lifetime. Yours, mine—everyone’s. Yeah, it’s not true. I’ve been hearing it a lot, though. People say it every election season, with maybe a few exceptions. When you’ve got a … Continue reading The Ultimate 4 Step Guide to Voting for Trump in 2024
I read an analysis in The Washington Post recently which recounted quite well, over the last ten years or so, out-and-out Republican efforts to obstruct the operation of the very government to which they were elected—discussing/passing legislation, approving judges—if it was deemed, in the end, to somehow benefit the Democratic Party. This, of course, included … Continue reading The Toxic Solution of Trumpism
The problem with politically aligning with either term, ‘right’ (conservative) or ‘left’ (liberal), is that, once aligned, no one has to actually come out and say what it is they really believe. All they do is check a box, push a button, and the organization takes care of the rest...
What would happen to a vastly intertwined global economy, hypothetically speaking, if some imaginary figure sitting in the driver’s seat (a novel disease, in this case) suddenly, with the hall pass of a natural disaster or other act of God, began to gently and without wavering apply a braking force to it? ...