This is not a photo of kids waiting for a bus Oh, I know what it looks like. It looks like a photo of a bunch of teenagers waiting on line for a bus. But in fact, it’s a photo of hope. It’s a photo of the future. It’s a photo that reassures me that our democracy will not die, but will live on in Continue Reading
Why Donald Trump’s Leaked Comments Won’t Change A Thing
Embed from Getty Images I wouldn't shake that hand! Who knows where it's been? The news world is all aflutter: Donald Trump was heard on tape saying vile and disgusting things about women! Ratings galore! Pundits never-ending! The left is all excited: this is it! This will be the Continue Reading
Hey NY! Do you Believe in Women’s Rights? Then VOTE that way.
Here are some depressing facts: 25% of women will suffer physical abuse during their lifetime For Every Dollar a Man earns, a woman earns only 77 cents. While 7 in 10 Americans are pro-choice, only: 4 in 10 members of the U.S. Congress are pro-choice 3 in 10 governors are Continue Reading
WeinerSpitzle
Hello, my name is Ashley, and I'll be your server this evening. This summer, our chef has a season long special: WeinerSpitzle. WeinerSpitzle is an only in NY combination of hubris, stupidity, perversion, and blatant disregard for the law. We take a little bit of working class Continue Reading
Wordless Wednesday: DNC 1992
I was there. Tonight, he's here. Continue Reading
Violent Videos Win. Kids Lose.
Remember a few years back when Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction gave the youth of America a glimpse of her breast? People went bananas. "Our kids saw that!" They cried. And the courts fined CBS for broadcasting the flash of flesh. But right now, there are any number of video games that Continue Reading
Pearl Harbor: Do we Really Remember?
Today is Pearl Harbor Day, the anniversary of the terrible attack on US Soil that finally (finally) got the United States to fully engage in World War II, and not too many people seem to care. Of course there are remembrances here and there, and moments of silence on military bases and ships around Continue Reading
Missin’ Ms. Palin
Now that it's all over, now that John McCain has gone back to Mavericking, and Barak Obama has gone on to make history, now that Joe Sixpack only has empties, Joe Biden has the Vice Presidency, and Joe the Plumber has gone back to doing whatever it is an unlicensed plumber does, I can't help but Continue Reading
Wall Street and the (Stair)Masters of the Universe
I walked past a job fair yesterday. Usually, I find them quaint: young, fresh faced, newly graduated and full of hope candidates line up, looking excited at the prospect of their first job, their grown-up life. This group of people, however, looked neither young, nor fresh-faced, nor hopeful. I Continue Reading
Stepford Sarah: Palin Programmed for Debate!
Today, I got this email from my brother: Gee willikers, wasn't Sarah Palin swell last night. Let those East Coast media elites say what they will, but that was one heckuva whizbang show ole Sarah put on. Gosh oh golly she was great. What a nifty VP she'll make, dontcha think? For those of you who Continue Reading