by James Heflin | Apr 8, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
You know how those crazy liberals kept saying torture is wrong and doesn't work? Well, the Bush administration's Exhibit A for the efficacy of torture, it turns out, is proof of just that, according to a Washington Post story (and a great commentary on the...
by James Heflin | Apr 9, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Remember when everybody was all afraid of the bird flu? I say remain afraid of the bird flu, and get even more afraid of other strains. If you've noticed a lack of posts for quite a few days running, that's because I have been suffering from what I am...
by James Heflin | Apr 13, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Why does Obama persist in being so very wise about so many other things while ripping to shreds the clear limits of executive branch power just like his idiot predecessor? And what are we going to do about it? I'd rather just be able to like what he does across...
by James Heflin | Apr 14, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
The political news is annoying me to no end. Obama, so promising in so many ways (and he remains so, despite the following), is embracing and exceeding Bush's absurdist claims of unchecked executive power. I'm not quite ready to get all worked up to refight,...
by James Heflin | Apr 17, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
As soon as I can dig it out, I'm going to post some selections from a list of great SF I've held onto since 1983. In the meantime, I want to issue kudos to someone who is finally making sure that the future is what it was cracked up to be back in 1977. Well,...