Author Archives: Bob Felton

Apparently, as the Republican Party assembles in Cleveland to publicly disgrace itself, editors everywhere are pondering temporal absurdities. At Philosophy Now, they’re reading existentialism. …And the theme is #Existentialism! We'll be looking at questions of #meaning, and the apparent #absurdity … Continue reading →

Think what you like of Hunter Thompson’s politics, he was — with the possible exceptions of H.L. Mencken or Gore Vidal — America’s best essayist. And the opening line of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is, going away, the … Continue reading →

Evangelist David Turner claims God told him to buy Tyler Perry’s mansion https://t.co/dYx2zheq6v — Religion News (@religionnews) July 18, 2016 Uh-huh.

Grandma, 71, Mauled To Death By Pit Bull in Her Southwest Detroit Home https://t.co/n6y9U4ZMAK — Deadline Detroit (@DeadlineDetroit) July 17, 2016

When a Texas church nearly derailed Lyndon Johnson’s political ambitions in 1952, he returned the favor 2-years later by ramrodding through Congress an amendment to the tax code which prohibits non-profits from intervening in an election — basically, endorsing or … Continue reading →