Invitation to Tea
I'm on a lot of Repug mailing lists because when I was teaching at IU, my son got his first deployment to Iraq. I was plenty hacked off and did a lot of lobbying about foreign policy.I was kind of...
View ArticleMore Tea? No Thanks, I'm Sane
National Review on line is joining in the eulogizing of Nelson Mandela.This reminds me once more of the differences between mainstream conservatives and the Tea Party. The former are not impervious to...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Anti-Gay Catholics and Chinese Sex Toys
It's that time of the week again, when I beg my Kossack friends to click over to How Did I Miss That? and forward it to others.Reason being, I get to keep doing it as long as it brings in eyeballs and...
View ArticleWrong Kind of Republican Catches On
I've been repeating myself since 2009, although only recently on this forum, with my Mr. Natural criticism of the Fed, "you got to use the proper tool for the job," tempered by the realization that you...
View ArticleFor Texans Only
I don't make a practice of passing on stuff out of pols' newsletters, but I think this from Sen. Kirk Watson is kind of important (Watson does not represent me, more's the pity, I'm just on his...
View ArticleIndians and Issue Salience
While it's not as much fun as my weekly conversations with Cousin Ray Sixkiller, I do still get to write op-eds. This one is a bit Indian-centric and so not of interest to all Kossacks, but I always...
View ArticleSocial Science as a Snipe Hunt: Marriage Equality
Sometimes social science is like a snipe hunt, just stumbling through the dark with a sack in your hand yelling "Here, snipe!"Is X a good idea?First, you must state a hypothesis why it is or is not a...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Bob Dylan's "Hate Crime"; Yoda Lives!
It's that time of the week again when I come here to Kos and beg for clicks and forwards and likes and all that good cyber-stuff so I can keep having the most fun I've had since I retired, at least the...
View ArticleDisenrollment is a Disaster
My Kossack friends know that I am not shy about begging for clicks if I really need them, and I want to report to those people who clicked on my humor column, "How Did I Miss That?", that it appears...
View ArticleI'm Gonna Be Sick
This just in from Liz Cheney:Friend -- outside groups have begun invading Wyoming. Just recently a shadowy, out-of-state Super PAC launched a dishonest smear campaign to distort my record. And the...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Beyonce' Evades the NSA; Batman Takes Austin!
It's that time again when I normally come here to beg for clicks and forewords and likes & etc. I must confess that it's become less urgent now. I've been hired to continue this. It remains my...
View ArticleMr. Snowden's Conversation
My students did not value privacy as I did, but they also did not hold stuff against people that my generation would.Privacy is either a freestanding value or it is not. The concept cannot be linked to...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Bieber Mystery; Duck Flap; Credit Cards Targetted
It's that time of week again, when I ask people to click over to How Did I Miss That? and forward and like and all that good stuff that assures this retired guy gets to continue living out his Will...
View ArticleLawsuit Abuse or March Toward Justice?
Bias out front: I'm a sports fan but not a fan of the NCAA.I consider so-called student athletes to be an exploited working class on one hand and a pampered elite not called upon for normal scholastic...
View ArticleJustice Sotomayor has a Preexisting Condition!
That is, she's female.Justice Sotomayor signed a temporary stay of the Obamacare mandate to cover birth control as applied to a community of nuns who claimed they don’t need or want birth control and...
View ArticleThoughts on the Apple Harvest
This is, once more, an op-ed that will be of more interest to American Indian Kossacks than others. Ray Sixkiller will be along tomorrow for a more general audience.I lack the HTML chops to insert the...
View ArticlePrivacy Malfunctions
Confession: I clicked though a list of over 150 "celebrity wardrobe malfunctions." It took a little over 5 minutes, to give you some idea of the degree of attention.Conclusions:Well over 100 of the...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Jennifer Lawrence Wows Jack Nicholson; Pot Wows CO
It's Friday and so he's baaack.Please go visit my Cousin Ray Sixkiller and then, if you can do so in good conscience, like and forward.Thankyouverymuch.
View ArticleLegislating Blind is Customary
This op-ed appears at Indian Country Today Media Network, but it is not Indian-centric.It is part one of a two parter about ALEC, and I think it will interest lots of Kossacks.While I'm speaking...
View ArticleIt's Still Christmas in Fallujah
It's been a couple of hours since I read in the Sunday New York Times that Al Qaeda is now in possession of Fallujah, and there's still a knot in my stomach that won't go away. The tears have eased...
View ArticleSmart ALEC's Danger to ALL
Yes, I cheated a smidge on the title. Because of the publisher, the actual title has an Indian slant, but the meat of it is human persons v. corporate persons. Most Kossacks are human persons. If...
View ArticleFallujah on Fire
I post this only because it's my practice to let Kossacks know when something goes up over on ICTMN.The reason not to do so is because it's a mash-up of three diaries I've already posted here, with...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? New Johnny Cash Album; Pot Prices Spike
Cousin Ray Sixkiller is in the house. Please visit when you get a chance and like it if you like it, forward as appropriate, etc.Oh, and don't miss the sound track. Got a great sound track this week.
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Neil Young Rocks Tar Sands; Polar Bear Cub Rocks Cradle
My Cousin Ray Sixkiller is back for his weekly scamper though the news from an American Indian point of view.As usual, I appreciate likes from those who in fact like it and forwards to people who have...
View ArticleWelcome to the Panopticon
I still get to write op-eds. They are nowhere near as much fun, and, of course, I have no polar bears.Those Kossacks who have been following my attempts to imitate Will Rogers may be interested to...
View ArticleA Female Candidate in Texas
Let me confess out front that I knew Ann Richards before she even ran for office and I supported her in every race she ran, local and statewide.I also knew Sarah Weddington before she was elected to...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? The Butler, a Bieber, a Bridge, and a Babylonian Playboy
It's that time again, and I'm back with Cousin Ray Sixkiller's take on the week's news.I know I'm doomed in terms of equalling last week's web traffic because that polar bear cub in the Toronto Zoo was...
View ArticleWho Elected Neil Young?
It feels so right that I found the op-ed below had published right after opening the New York Times and learning I have to say goodbye to Pete Seeger.It's a little hard to type as I'm literally...
View ArticleR.I.P. Pete Seeger
If you told me writers have big egos, I would have to admit resembling that remark. Even at my age, I still get a thrill out of seeing my byline.I was honored to write the obit for Pete Seeger over at...
View ArticleState of the Union Rant
I've had a hard and emotional day and tomorrow I have a meeting with an insurance adjuster with whom I forced a meeting by threatening things that should not be the subject of threats and going over...
View ArticleGOP Bad Faith
Fellow Kossacks, I posted a rant of a diary earlier tonight saying I would not be staying up for the State of the Union.This will not be much of a diary, but I think it's important to say that the...
View ArticleOld Men Still Dream
Age brings introspection.When you retire, when you withdraw from the daily hurly-burly to live on your pension (if you are lucky enough to have a pension), it dawns on you that whatever you will...
View ArticleRemembering Pete Seeger
When I think about it, the idea that Pete would survive Toshi for long was pretty silly. Pete famously referred to Toshi as “the brains of the family.” She walked on last year at age 91; Pete this year...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Penguins Endangered; Sex-Crazed Women Attack!
OK, Ray Sixkiller and I are here with our weekly beg for clicks.I've published so much dead serious stuff this week, I don't know how the serious humor will fly, but there's only one way to find out.
View ArticleStephen King Causes Horror
http://www.salon.com/...I join Mr. King's foray into this minefield below the fleur-de-kos, with the hope I can avoid stepping on the many mines.
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Scanning Body Parts; Clay Aiken's Giraffe
Cousin Ray Sixkiller has arrived and would appreciate any clicks, likes, or forwards you are in a position to bestow. Also, if you missed last week's column, the likes have been hung for several days...
View ArticleWho is Gaming the System Better? The Rich or the Poor?
I've been wanting to get this off my chest for a long time.
View ArticleSome Stuff IS Exceptional
I've been having some conversations that remind me how culture bound we are, and I mean particularly American lawyers.Many years ago, a judge from a country I would rather not name except to say it was...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Suicide Belts, Witch Hunts & Deadly Music
Cousin Ray Sixkiller is back with rather grim headlines.Something happened to my "like" counter last week, but my editor assured me the clicks were OK.Don't be alarmed by the scary stuff. I don't get...
View ArticleSyrian Evil and What Americans Believe
The talks over Syria have gone nowhere and so the chorus rises again."Obama is a wuss.""Something must be done.""Nobody will take us seriously if we do not act."As before, the only action on the table...
View ArticleNazi Equality
In this country, we joke that the first person to mention the Nazis in a political argument, loses. The point being that the Nazis etched permanent lines in the far end of the yardstick of evil and no...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Russians Drop Panties; Chinese Takeout
This posting comes from a judicial conference in Galveston, where I was just grossed out by a Republican audience reaction I will be writing about when I get home.I post now just to get it up because...
View ArticleCorporate Roach Motel
If you ever thought that passing a Bar exam would exempt you from corporate policies that grind down non-lawyers, you were wrong.A machine is a machine and it grinds everyone in range.This letter is...
View ArticleGays, Redskins, and MLK: The US is Still Raising Arizona
Arizona is at it again, and “it” goes back to when Arizona was a territory rather than a state. The New York Times reported on October 12, 1885 about a proposal in New Mexico to reinstate a $250 bounty...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Goldman, Sachs: Vampire Squid; Merle Haggard
This is to announce that the new Ray Sixkiller column is up, and I've got a little back story for you.I've mentioned before that I have little control over what goes in the head or what picture goes on...
View ArticleHow to Save Ukraine...or Not
It might be good to have the nice young men in the clean white coats pick up Sen. Lindsey Graham and sideline him until the crisis is past. NATO is not going to strangle Russia and the idea of...
View ArticleWhither Kentucky Bigotry?
Saw the emotional video clip of Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway, who wants to run for Governor and knows he may have just sunk himself by refusing to appeal the federal decision holding,...
View ArticleThe Ph.D. Crisis in Indian Country
This was to be a weekend of data entry for my income taxes. TurboTax wants to triple what they charge to file Schedules C and D, and I have to either pay up or enter a lot of stuff for myself the first...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Missile-Launch Selfies; Just Say No to Sex in Texas
Ray Sixkiller is back for his weekly scamper around the headlines.I am informed by a comment thread on another diary that I'd best explain myself more often.I cannot paste the whole column here because...
View ArticleThe Washington Team Owner Speaks
I can't believe the lamesteam media has ignored the epiphany that came to the owner of the Washington football team a couple of days ago.He has realized that without the African-American communities in...
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