The Fancy Lad

by | Sep 20, 2012 | Ten Gallon Liberal

The past few days have held two events dubbed “the day Romney lost the election.” First he lied and looked like a boor about the Middle East crisis, then we got the new video in which he misleadingly dubs the people who weren’t, at one point, paying...

Here's 2U

by | Apr 3, 2012 | Ten Gallon Liberal

Jason Mattera, right wing “bad boy,” asks tough questions of a surprised Bono. Only, yeah–that’s not Bono. Or an Irish accent. It is, however, Pavel Sfera, whose answers are scrupulously accurate. Now I’m wondering who I actually met back...

A conference beneath the mizzenmast

by | Sep 28, 2012 | Ten Gallon Liberal

The Internet has spawned some major irritants, but none so irritating as yesterday’s “International Talk Like A Pirate Day,” in which people who think they’re funny post things like “Yar, Matey!” and wait for you to do the same in...

Down the Tubes

by | Apr 18, 2012 | Ten Gallon Liberal

Back in the ’70s, my Holy Grail was no X-Wing fighter, though, like every young dude, I loved them Star Wars. The thing I wanted (and never got until 1996, incidentally) was this travesty of ’70s design and impractical technology: That would be the...