by James Heflin | Jan 24, 2011 | Ten Gallon Liberal
92 years ago yesterday, molasses invaded Boston when a holding tank exploded: To this day on hot summer days in an old Boston neighborhood, residents swear that they can smell a vague odor of molasses. It’s a sweet-smelling reminder of a day when some 150 people...
by James Heflin | Jan 26, 2011 | Ten Gallon Liberal
It’s hard to say what’s the most terrifying thing about this NYT story on a private contractor sort of mini-CIA. Could be that it stands to foul up more-official efforts in foreign policy. Could be that private contractors shouldn’t be paid to do...
by James Heflin | Jan 28, 2011 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Number 1: Urinate on Jorge Luis Borges’ grave. It may be necessary to read that brilliant, blind librarian’s works without considering his rather wholehearted embrace of Augusto Pinochet (and what he knew initially of the Operation Condor fascists’...
by James Heflin | Feb 7, 2011 | Ten Gallon Liberal
I don’t know who has the time to catch stuff like this (well, in this case, it may be a particularly zealous fan of certain cheesy movies), but today’s comedy award goes to whoever dug up this silly bit of dirt on the Chinese government. It seems that the...
by James Heflin | Feb 11, 2011 | Ten Gallon Liberal
The stench of the Bush years is hard to wash out. Especially when the new man, the one you’d hoped might at least provide a pause in the destruction of civil liberties, isn’t precisely getting out the detergent to help you. Granted, this latest bit of...
