Feeding Frenzy

The Belly of the Beast: Chapter 1

The Belly of the Beast: Chapter 1

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Just before winter break began, Mr. Luskin informed me that he had an outstanding story in the works, but remained coy, refusing to tell me any details. Eight days ago, after two months had gone by without hearing anything...

 

Feeding Frenzy 3

Feeding Frenzy 3

"Me retire? What a laugh" At the health care summit, Republican Senator Eric Cantor used the 2,400-page Senate health care bill and the White House’s 11-page proposal as props in his discussion. One was too short, apparently; the...

 

Feeding Frenzy 2010

Feeding Frenzy 2010

When Glenn Beck asked Palin about her favorite founding father, she responded with an answer so bad that he had to call “bullcrap” in the middle of it: Palin and Fox News make a great couple: Fox gives her an audience and Palin draws more...

 

Feeding Frenzy #2

Feeding Frenzy #2

Congratulations, Somalia. You’ve done better than the United States. November 20 marked the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Marking that day, the government of Somalia promised to ratify...

 

Syphilitic Rex

Syphilitic Rex

It was midday and cloudy. I had just passed the library and was walking to a class when I saw the cage. A person in uniform was walking around the perimeter of a chain-link fence as people inside tried to look oppressed. “Oh,” I thought,...

 

Feeding Frenzy #1

Feeding Frenzy #1

The voters of Maine took away the right to marry, as the tyranny of the majority strikes again. It’s truly disturbing that fundamental human rights are being decided by popular opinion. Let’s meet the most prominent opponent of Homo...