Opposing an Alabama lottery, and not because God tells me to

One of our gubernatorial candidates, Ron Sparks, is making racket about starting an “education lottery” in Alabama. We’ve had debates and votes on a state lottery before.  There are cases for each side.  The stereotypical narrative is that fire-and-brimstone preachers get little old ladies fired up about voting no.  Then, busloads of them descend upon … Read more

Absence of nuance

I said something right after Obama was elected about just being a jerk conservative for a while.  Sounded easier for sure, and dammit, I was tired. Plus, a bunch of delirious liberals, clawing gouges in the drywall and each other as their post-election orgasms crashed through their arugula-gorged bodies, didn’t strike me as much of … Read more

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