Axes & Allies

Axes & Allies

There’s a lot of calculated outrage in the news media and blogosphere over the recent rioting in Baltimore, MD. Unsightly labels like “race riot”are being tossed around by snarling pundits, in hopes they might find a target and stick to it. What...
A Beast By Any Other Name

A Beast By Any Other Name

So… way back before Upton Sinclair’s groundbreaking book “The Jungle” exposed the heinous practices of America’s food industry and inspired the creation of the FDA, those companies used to feed the American public rotten beef, diseased...
You Can’t Handle The Truth

You Can’t Handle The Truth

History has proven time and again that “radical” ANYTHING usually winds up on the “bad idea” side of the line, especially where politics is concerned. Political radicals have been responsible for some of the biggest, bloodiest messes in human...
Who Shot H.O?

Who Shot H.O?

One of the most confusing hot-button issues presently under scrutiny in our society is what, precisely, defines Constitutionally-prohibited “discrimination” versus the Constitutionally-protected expression of opinion as “free speech.” And...
Without Fear

Without Fear

For some reason there has always been a weird disconnect between comic book superheroes and film media. Which makes little sense, since heroic literary characters of the same archetype (Zorro, Tarzan, The Scarlet Pimpernel, etc.) have done pretty well in various film...