Tag Archives: Mitt Romney

thinking and taking the book out of the box

Mitt Romney and Israel still making waves or hay as he tries to throw Obama into the barn. Its all B.S. but gives the pundits what to wax on, or better yet to chew and spit out. Frankly, Sheldon Adelson … Continue reading

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where they end up: mugging for the free world

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) i’m always fascinated by where old punks end up. for instance, a lot of folks already know that gillian anderson (of the x-files) was an old butthole surfers fangirl who followed the band around. but, not … Continue reading

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safe harbor for captain broke

Mitt Romney under siege for not having the common touch. For not paying sufficient taxes. For not appearing to have any interest in the poor and their sort. There is a tug of war between what economist Schumpeter termed the … Continue reading

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elected to the plurality of gods

They are both waiting fot their angels to call them. The disordering of the senses and a powerful and arrogant imagination. A belief that what is best and most courageous in him goes back before The Fall. Yes, a medieval … Continue reading

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mixed blessings

The emancipation of selfishness. The fecund faculties of myth making. Harold Bloom created a furor with his article on Mormonism, but for the most part it was  misinterpreted, or rather interpreted in a literal sense. Bloom understood the fantastical and … Continue reading

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they don’t like mondays

Are wars simply a matter of sex and psychology: irrational alpha males grabbing the bananas and lovemaking at the top of the tree with his submissive sweet fruit? Or in conflict conducted in a purposeful manner by thinking and reflective … Continue reading

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take off your slippers: only the nice die young

and so it is it really possible to effectuate a meaningful change in the organization of society? A fulfillment of the Isiah prophecy of relations between the spirit without the intermediary of material considerations.Can we as infants, at least aspire … Continue reading

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on faith of the golden plates

The smoke clears on the stage set below Hill Cumorah. The Angel Moroni begins burying the golden  plates. Finally, the scene reverts to a youthful Joseph Smith, which symbolizes that the gap has been brought full circle and the only … Continue reading

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Doin’ the right thing. the white stuff

Simple. A simple government.Common Sense. “Family Values” Its a common refrain that wraps up a political agenda into a wider context of right wing reactionary politics in which the apparent simplicity of the message is not detachable from a politics … Continue reading

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