What’s frustrating about the Bush Administration’s approach to the recent killing of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, aside from the inevitable media-driven obsession over largely pointless minutia, is that they still think they’re fighting the Second World War. In yet another example of salesmen believing their own bullshit, America’s war leaders seem to genuinely believe [...]
If Bush can wage a war on an emotion, in this case, the Global War on Terror, then I can wage my own war on an emotion. I have chosen, therefore, to wage a Global War on Covetousness. Covetousness is, when you think about it, a much more damaging emotion than mere terror. I mean, [...]
A commentator on NPR Thursday morning called the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi a symbolic victory for the U.S. forces and the government of Iraq.
While I’m sure this is true, one thing hundreds of hours of creative writing workshops has taught me is that symbols are cheap. They can be created for literally nothing, and [...]
Jonathan Rauch, in his “The Case for Gay (and Straight) Marriage” contends that marriage is
necessary for “civilizing young males,” and should, therefore, be extended to gay men. Young
men tend to be violent and unstable, self-destructive and wild, and, statistically speaking, tend to
settle down when lawfully wed. Society, then, has a vested interest in protecting itself [...]