by James Heflin | Apr 7, 2014 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Go ahead, guess where this futuristic stage set exists. I know, I know–too easy. It is, of course, Astana, Kazakhstan. German photographer Frank Herfort has travelled all over the former Soviet Union documenting the bizarre and futuristic buildings that have...
by James Heflin | Apr 14, 2014 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Goldang Clinton, undermining the military! Have you heard? Bill C. took the guns away from soldiers–on their own bases! They said so on the TV! However, the Department of Defense directive stating this policy dates to February of 1992. That would be under the...
by James Heflin | Apr 24, 2014 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Like a lot of folks who were kids in the Star Wars era, I’ve got a major soft spot for science fiction. It’s the idiot savant of genres. So much of it is bad that it’s hard to hold one’s head high and proclaim love for it, but when it’s...
by James Heflin | Jun 2, 2014 | Ten Gallon Liberal
You often hear that Tokyo is the closest thing we have to a city of the future. Sometimes that idea leads to a conundrum: are we destined for a future full of bizarre cultural trends, or is that just Japan? There is something singularly odd about certain trends that...
by James Heflin | Jul 14, 2014 | Ten Gallon Liberal
I’ve heard of shifiting your platform, but this is more of a political Hail Mary than enlisting Sarah Palin for VP. Truly spectacular. From the Arizona Capital Times: Scott Fistler didn’t have much luck as a Republican candidate. He lost a 2012 write-in...