I’ve been struggling all day to write this post, but I haven’t been able to find the proper words. I just don’t understand people and their fear of the Other, which, as a wise Muppet once noted, leads to anger, leads to hate, leads to suffering. Anthropologically, it makes sense. We fear the Other because [...]
Letterman ‘Apologizes,’ Right Continues to Overreach
Just a quick update to yesterday’s Letterman story. Dave issued a bullshit, completely inadequate apology in which he cops to not knowing the difference between Bristol and Willow Palin, with the inference that Bristol Palin is fair(er) game. He still thinks Sarah Palin is “slutty.” Letterman also reads Sarah and Todd Palin’s respective “Whoomp! There [...]
American Medical Association Plays Dr. Tom on Healthcare Reform
People named Tom get a raw deal. We’re Turkeys, or Uncles, or the point man for Dick and Harry. Today, I’m playing the role of “name traitor” by coining the titular formulation. The AMA, it seems, has decided to abridge the oft-quoted Hippocratic preamble to “First, do no…nothing”: (From HuffPo)
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