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The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong With America by Nick Gillespie & Matt Welch

by August 15th, 2011 Politics » Culture » The Written Word »

I don’t wanna be a candidate for Vietnam or Watergate… Luckily, Reason writers Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch – they of the Free Minds, Free Markets persuasion – have co-written a new book which recognizes this preference, celebrating our modern world, one of competing luxuries and increasingly expressive and diverse individuals that have prevailed in […]

Do You Take Your Prigs Smarmy? The Declaration of Independents Promotional Tour!

by June 21st, 2011 Politics » Society » Culture » The Written Word »

Smarmy Prigs… You can tell I don’t work in marketing, right? And that designation, while fairly damn comical to me, doesn’t fairly reflect authors Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch and their newly released book, The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong With America. The prologue “Pursuing Happiness, Not Politics” puts forth […]

Batman: Knightcap OR Bed, Bat and Beyond

by February 18th, 2011 Culture » The Written Word »

I am writing a new epic multi-title storyline of Batman wherein…nothing really happens. Holed up in a cheap motel, he sleeps in late, waking up just to eat some cold pizza. In Detective Comics, he gargles some Listerine and slips back into bed. An issue of The Dark Knight sees Bruce Wayne shift positions in […]

Unreviewed Reviews – The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less by Barry Schwartz

by March 30th, 2010 Politics » Culture » The Written Word »

Late one night while watching an episode of the Colbert Report, it came time for the interview segment to which more often or not I tend to make a jerking off gesture towards the product being peddled, Colbert’s comic flair lubricating the way, but on this night rubbed myself imaginarily raw in protest of guest […]

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