Congressional Sanctimony Theater

Just recently, the CEOs of the American “Big Three” automakers came before a congressional committee hearing to make the case for receiving huge, steaming hunks of taxpayer money to bail out their rapidly-failing businesses. Not the first time, not the last, certain.
What rapidly became the main object of this hearing? Allowing the individuals [...]

Why Is It OK To Torture Sick People To Death?

OK, I have HAD IT with the stupid “War On Drugs” (WoD) and the mindset that it has inculcated into so many of the media? Last week most “news” outlets carried the same article about the big, scary “increase” in the use of painkillers in the US (reported, of course, by the government).
So what? [...]