by James Heflin | Dec 21, 2012 | Ten Gallon Liberal
“We know the human heart is a substandard product.” -Josh Marshall of TPM, talking about his frustration with the “conversation” (about mass shootings) that ends up going nowhere What, indeed, is it about the U.S. that makes us home to a...
by James Heflin | Feb 26, 2013 | Ten Gallon Liberal
While the crema builds up on that last post, here’s something completely different. This morning, I sat eating my Weetabix, and suddenly the speakers nearby launched into the air a gorgeous melody. It’s really quite unlike any other melody I can think of....
by James Heflin | Jun 25, 2012 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Glenn Greenwald and Ibrahim Mothana illustrate why this fall is, in some ways, unimportant: Mothana, in the New York Times: Unfortunately, liberal voices in the United States are largely ignoring, if not condoning, civilian deaths and extrajudicial killings in Yemen...
by James Heflin | Mar 1, 2013 | Ten Gallon Liberal
I never would have dreamed I’d be writing in praise of Rep. Walter Jones (R, N.C.), formerly of “freedom fries” fame. But, well, here you go: “Congress will not hold anyone to blame [for the Iraq War]. Lyndon Johnson’s probably rotting in...
by James Heflin | Jan 3, 2013 | Ten Gallon Liberal
So I was wrong. The world did end, as predicted, at 6:11 a.m. this morning. Yet I awoke to find everything the same, and was pretty okay with that. But then. Ah, then I stumbled upon the ugly(?) truth. The world did end, and was replaced with an exact replica....
