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And now for something completely different 12 Jul 2013 | 06:00 pm
Starting today, I’m going to do something I have not done in 1,594 consecutive days: I’m taking a break from blogging. Yup. After well over four years of getting up at or before 8 a.m. almost every s...
The right to keep and bear Pop-Tarts 11 Jul 2013 | 06:00 pm
Oh, Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX). The only two times I’ve written about him, it’s been over things that make him look like “Texas Republican congressman as written by Michael Bay”: all of the worst ster...
Are we actually having this FISC conversation? 10 Jul 2013 | 06:00 pm
If you believe the only appropriate thing to do with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) is consign it to the dustbin of history, prepare yourself for a long, long fit of bitter laughte...
The post-sex scandal era of politics 9 Jul 2013 | 06:00 pm
You’ll remember my incredibly incorrect prediction that now-Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC) would not get elected to public office again. I figured, even if we had largely gotten past the mere fact of the ma...
How the U.S. can keep Egypt on its toes 8 Jul 2013 | 06:00 pm
I’m noticing an uncomfortably high number of people fall into former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s trap: saying because he was democratically elected, the coup that ousted him from office represe...
The Sunday Drill, Vol. 5, No. 18 7 Jul 2013 | 06:00 pm
My latest Winnipeg Sun column, in which I teach you how to respond to the poor souls who still defend the governing New Democratic Party (NDP) of Manitoba despite its illegal sales tax hike. Presiden...
Ted Rall doesn’t understand how humans work 6 Jul 2013 | 06:00 pm
It’s time once again for The Future American’s FAIL OF THE WEEK! Every Saturday, I name a person or group who has spent the past seven days behaving in a particularly idiotic way. Since it’s my belief...
Disposal Day #181: NSA! NSA! NSA! 5 Jul 2013 | 06:00 pm
STORY #1: Don’t piss off the Bolivians No wonder National Security Agency (NSA) leaker Edward Snowden has been applying for asylum all over Latin America: It’s full of leftist leaders who relish the ...
Sad when you can only trust the military 4 Jul 2013 | 06:00 pm
Well, here we go again. Just one year since Mohamed Morsi was elected president of Egypt, they’ve decided they don’t want him after all. (This headline from the New York Post sums it up better than an...
You gotta keep ‘em separated 3 Jul 2013 | 06:00 pm
This weekend, Adam asked me why both food stamps and farm subsidies were part of the same legislation. I explained that both programs are administered by the Agriculture Department (USDA). He immediat...