Beyond the Rhetoric

“Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?” Given that I make my living as a freelance writer, it should come as little surprise that I find great pleasure in wordplay. Puns can be fun, but dissecting the [...]

I’ve always been a fan of Marty Beckerman’s brand of comedy. Although I thought he was crude and immature with Generation S.L.U.T., and insightful but brash in Dumbocracy, he’s always been able to put a smile on my face. Then, he told me that he had a new book, asking if I would like to [...]

It is certainly important to take your life seriously, because that is the only way that you are going to achieve your goals, but it is also very easy to go into the deep end and take yourself far too seriously. We all want to find success, but I think we’d all agree that happiness [...]

The other day, Yurecho reminded me of a post that explained political systems using a cow-ownership analogy. For example, a pure democracy is described as: “You have two cows. Your neighbors decide who gets the milk.” This isn’t the first time that I’ve encountered this article, but it did serve as the inspiration for today’s [...]