Yearly Archives: 2012
12 Days of Urban
In case any Buckeye football players are saving up to jump the plantation, Time reports that Ohio State is monitoring their checking accounts.
The last time indentured buckeyes got the fee market itch, they traded trinkets for tattoos. This led to the dismissal of Coach Tressel, and the ascension of Coach Urban. Urban, named for one or another of the popular Urban family of popes, immediately produced an infallible season: 12-0.
The almighty NCAA accepted this perfect offering and, after Coach Urban performs his penance of no Bowl Games this year, he and his team will be absolved of the sins of others.
Sandy Hook Elementary
Sometimes there’s nothing to say. I thought of Bill Mauldin’s Lincoln cartoon the day Kennedy died and drew this.
Right to Riot
Civility is one of the most absurdly abused of our political values. It is always centrally important to our functioning as a democracy — right up until the time someone proposes crossing the unions. Then, it goes from “can’t we all get along?” to “nothing to see here.”
“Moreover, it is more than slightly ironic that Democrats, the fiercely pro-choice party, reserve free choice for aborting a fetus while denying it for such matters as choosing your child’s school or joining a union.”