by James Heflin | Apr 2, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Glenn Greenwald explains how Obama is, at his worst, as bad as Bush: While torture and aggressive war may have been the most serious crimes which the Bush administration committed, its warrantless eavesdropping on American citizens was its clearest and most undeniable...
by James Heflin | Feb 4, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
The Republicrat struggle, the ongoing tempest that has consumed our system of governance, has, it seems to me, two main escape valves. One is what Obama just did, trying to engage both parties–although I'm sure as we speak, the Republicans he spoke to are...
by James Heflin | Apr 7, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Cinematic Titanic is the new incarnation of Mystery Science Theater 3000, that very fine convergence of sarcasm, bad movies and robot puppets. I just had the pleasure of interviewing Joel Hodgson, who invented the show. In knocking around the Internet Archives in...
by James Heflin | Feb 8, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
While the usual folks are going apoplectic about the lack of testosterone-boosting torture of the Christmas Day airline bomber, it turns out the old-school, non-medieval approach is apparently working out extremely well. From the New York Times: “With the...
by James Heflin | Apr 8, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
I should have known. Let yourself be pulled into watching an actual network television show (although they seem to be calling them television “events” now, which gives drooling in front of the screen a whole new sheen of excitement to enjoy as you reach...
