Ving the MercilessThe Happy Story of Bernie Sanders & IraqBernie Sanders really, really, wants you to know that he voted against the 2003 Iraq War and Hillary Clinton voted for it. He’s mentioned…Feb 12, 2016Feb 12, 2016
Ving the MercilessActually, National Geographic and Fox News Deserve Each OtherLast week, news broke that the National Geographic Society had sold its magazine, TV channels, and other media properties to 21st Century…Sep 16, 2015Sep 16, 2015
Ving the MercilessA Brief Treatise on the Major Works of Robert SegerI went to a family bar mitzvah in Phoenix awhile ago. Though it would be easier, this is not a post about the dessicated exurban hellscape…Jul 27, 2015Jul 27, 2015
Ving the MercilessinLife Hack: Your Story, Experience, etcI’m Happy to Pay Chicago’s Surcharge on StupidityI’m a Chicagoan, and I’m about to face an increase in property taxes, while the city prepares to make $200 million in cuts to the very…Jul 17, 2015Jul 17, 2015
Ving the MercilessPentagon: Mistakes Were Made. Zany, Zany Mistakes.Last week, we learned that the Pentagon accidentally sent live anthrax to nine states and a US military base. One day later, we learned…Jun 4, 2015Jun 4, 2015
Ving the MercilessI F%&cking Love Standardized Tests. And So Do You.This spring, Illinois and a bunch of other states rolled out a new standardized test: PARCC. PARCC and, it seems, the very idea of…May 28, 2015May 28, 2015
Ving the MercilessShould I Vote for Chuy Again?I didn’t vote for Rahm “Tiny Dancer” Emanuel Tuesday night. I don’t like his lack of transparency, his fondness for privatizing public…Feb 27, 2015Feb 27, 2015
Ving the MercilessToby Keith and the Changing Nature of Ass-based ViolenceIt’s probably been some time since you thought about the song “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American),” by country music…Dec 18, 2014Dec 18, 2014
Ving the MercilessShould You Be Outraged? A Guide to Religious ConflictEarly this year, the Pew Research Religion and Public Life Project published a study claiming that religious hostilities worldwide reached…Dec 4, 2014Dec 4, 2014
Ving the MercilessThanksgiving and Why Barbecue Is Not Restaurant FoodLet me say up front: I don’t come from an old southern family. I come from the opposite of an old southern family, raised in a kosher home…Nov 21, 2014Nov 21, 2014
