Schwarzenegger handles fire, doesn’t get burned
California’s Guy-in-Charge showed up at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium, and declared, “The people are happy. They have everything here.” This Associated Press story about the aftermath of the California wildfires isn’t the first to draw comparisons with Hurricane Katrina–we have bands, buffets and massage therapists; New Orleans got . One [...]

Ready for more Heck
Marx says somewhere that Hegel says somewhere that all great historical events happen twice– the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce. Who knew that Michael Brown was such a fan of 19th century German philosophy? Brown, whose leadership at FEMA did so much to turn Hurricane Katrina [...]

In fairness, they’re nuts who claim to be Christians
There’s a great moment in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown when Brown discovers the Christians in his New England village worshipping Satan. It’s a tale of obsession, clearly–men and women so panicked about evil that they kind of like it. I’m reminded of Hawthorne following every [...]