All posts for the month April, 2010

Most Douche-tastic Of The Week

At the risk of being called curmudgeonly, I feel that this is a good week to nominate another super-huge douchebag. A lot has happened, and it’s only Wednesday morning. Of course, Monday was Tea Party/Lionize Timothy McVeigh/Celebrate Sedition Day, and that provided enough material to fill this post. Straight to the juicy parts! Let’s start [...]

Is The Right Conservative?

I find the recent rise of populist rhetoric in our civil discourse a bit troubling. Add a strong sense of entitlement within the Tea Party movement and other right-wing extremist groups, and the question, “Is the right wing conservative?” demands examination. I have spoken previously of why populism does not have conservative roots, so there’s [...]