December 21, 2024

our democratic republic

November 3, 2014 Oskar Thompson 0

UPDATE: We inadvertently followed up with the two voters who were ticketed. Full update at bottom. so i drove to drop off my ballot downtown. parked in a metered spot and decided i would just

Monday Morning Soapbox: What’s In A Name?

June 23, 2014 J. Blatto 0

So this past week’s huge controversy* was the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPO) canceling the Washington Redskins’ trademark.  More surprising than the USPO’s decision to cancel the trademark after 80 years is the fact

Who Really Wants To Destroy America?

June 12, 2014 Alibi Pierce 0

Growing up in a conservative evangelical environment meant being very aware of the fact that liberal groups were out to destroy America. Environmentalists? Closet communist pagans, one-world government their primary goal. Gays? Profligate sex-fiends intent

Hey America! The Joke’s On Us.

May 7, 2014 Alibi Pierce 0

Hey have you heard that joke about Canadians? The one where they’re, like, the biggest wimps AND they have socialized medicine? Or maybe you heard that one where their government vowed to help the U.S.

#citycouncil

April 15, 2014 Oskar Thompson 2

I attended a city council meeting for the first time the other day. I’m involved in various community organizations and they were voting on something (very simple) regarding something i’m involved in.. kind of embarrassed

Sunday Morning Soapbox

April 13, 2014 J. Blatto 2

I had a very different post planned for this week’s SMS, but saw two videos that completely made me rethink what I wanted to write. I tried to get it in by this last weekend,

The Evangelical Abortion Evolution

March 31, 2014 Alibi Pierce 1

In a really interesting piece last week, Slate’s Jamelle Bouie wrote about the evangelical community’s evolution (some might say regression) on the abortion issue. Like most folks these days, I’ve always just accepted as reality

Saturday Morning Soapbox

March 15, 2014 J. Blatto 2

I’m sitting at the bar in Salt Lake City International Airport listening to Kid Cudi while enjoying a Bloody Mary accompanied by a side of toast (it is 9AM). My bartender’s name is Andy and

The 1% Conspiracy

March 6, 2014 Alibi Pierce 0

I’m prone to believing in conspiracies. It’s not something I talk about often–much less admit to in every day conversation–but I can’t deny that it’s true. It probably has something to do with my evangelical

Saturday Morning Soapbox

March 1, 2014 J. Blatto 1

Ok, I promised Alibi a weekly post after my recent birthday. I guess at 34 one should be more responsible and prone to keeping their promises. (Side note: I’m writing this with a glass of

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