cosmic's blog

I've shared my observations of the Democratic National Convention, so now it's time to examine the Republican National Convention. Just as in my previous blog, these are reactions that I recorded in real time as I watched the Convention live on CNN.com.  Read More »

Following are my immediate reactions to Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention last night as I watched it on CNN.com. I literally jot down my thoughts as I listened. These notes have been edited; I'm trying to forgo with my usual mock-exasperated tone.  Read More »

Let us welcome America's new political family (and what a happy little family it is), the illustrious Clintobamas!  Read More »

After years of rumors, John Edwards has finally admitted that he had an extra marital affair in 2006. Edwards now joins that ignoble and slimy pantheon of politicians who couldn't keep their pants on: Bill Clinton, Mark Foley, Eliot Spitzer... The list, unfortunately, goes on.  Read More »

Well, I'm finally back from Greece. To be honest, it was pretty boring. Didn't go sight seeing much. Didn't go to the beach much. Just stayed with my grandparents in their rural mountain village.  Read More »

I usually don't post blogs about myself. Let's be honest here, I don't care about any of your personal lives, and I know none of you care about mine. But tomorrow I'll be leaving for Greece, and I figured I could pull some progressive ideas into this personal blog. And, of course, there will be politics. Yes, lots of politics. Also, I figure that spending seven weeks in a foreign country will give me a new world perspective.  Read More »

The paleoconservatives are members of a dying breed. Although the term itself is probably only a couple decades old, the ideology behind it is older than America, and nearly all of our Founding Fathers adhered to its tenets. They believed that government had no business meddling in the affairs of the private citizen or the free market.  Read More »

Today, June 12th, is Carbon Belch Day. This day is an awareness event by counter-environmentalists whose goal is to debunk the global warming "myth" in order to, ironically, save the planet. Their goal is to unleash a torrent of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, completely on purpose.  Read More »