The Sunshine Empire

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c

Drinking my morning coffee and scanning the worldwide interwebs, I came across a video segment from the local independent television station. I live in a city filled with colorful ignorant people, but this one deserves note. The story dealt with a woman who claimed her local gym had banned Fox News after this week’s election. [...]

In reading through Twitter today I came across a tweet from the former governor of Alaska Sarah Palin. In it she stated, “With all the talk from the Left re: who funds Tea Party Americans, one might point out the Left’s “tea party” is Acorn, funded by Fed Govt.” Now, this tweet alone prompted so [...]

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c

In American society and politics we accept many things because of branding and tradition. Certain groups believe in certain things because that’s just the way it has been. Children believe in Santa Claus, high school students believe Columbus discovered America, and the Pittsburgh Steelers believe in the power running game. But as I read the [...]

The political knife fight that was the Florida primary election season came to a close last night and the evening did not disappoint. On some levels it was predicable, other times it defied prediction. The winners in the contests for the republican nomination for U.S. Senate and the Democratic primary for governor were basically running [...]

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

The curious case of the Park 51 Islamic center in lower Manhattan is a fascinating on a purely political level. For years the go to political pitch to the American people from the political right was, “Muslims are everywhere and they are trying to kill you, so vote Republican.” The Republican party and the right [...]