Walk, Don't Chew Gum!
Frankly I'm appalled by those of us who recommend chewing gum. Every calorie we burn while chewing gum is a calorie we could apply to walking. And walking gets us places. Walking is honest. Walking is...
View ArticleWrite On? Wrong On!
Everyone makes mistakes.Writers, however, live by the mistake. Mistakes are our craft, that's why we talk in terms of drafts and edits and drafts and rewrites and drafts. (There's a word for a...
View ArticleWrite On! The Good Fight
It's a cliche that 'conflict is drama,' and like all cliches, one in the hand is worth two in the bush.I think SenSho's done a few diaries on conflict, but I disagreed violently with all of them, so...
View ArticleWrite On! Snarling Slippage
Hello, writers.Tonight I (well, SenSho, but I'm posting this for her) want to talk about POV (point of view) slippage. But you, of course, can talk about whatever you want.As we’ve discussed before,...
View ArticleWeiner and Obama Are The Same
I don't care about Weiner. Is he the best choice for mayor? Then I'll support him. Is he not? I'll support someone else. To me, Weiner is not a person, he's a potential political function.I don't care...
View ArticleWrite On! Sudden Looming Deadlines
Sensho has a bit of an emergency, and asked that I post inappropriate selfies in lieu of a diary. Sadly, I don't have any, so instead I'm writing this placeholder, so Write On! won't mysteriously fail...
View Article"Oh, yeah? Well, Clinton lied about sniper fire!"
I've run across this four times already, as a right-wing response to Ben Carson's West Point lies. (Speaking of which, what does Carson have against things with points? West Point, the pyramids,...
View ArticleBernBros and HillGoys: The Primary Reason I'm Glad Clinton Is Attacking Sanders
If Sanders can’t beat Clinton in a Democratic primary, despite the attacks—even smears!--then he can’t beat the Republican in a general. I love Sanders, and I donated to him, and I’ll vote for him in...
View ArticleFive Questions For Clinton Supporters on HamBanner Day
First, I should say that I completely agree with this: “Hillary Clinton is very intelligent, knowledgeable, and experienced.” I’m not sure she knows the issues better’n anyone, but I suspect she works...
View Article"We're Saving You From the Right."
I recently realized that I don’t know nearly enough about Henry Kissinger; I’d heard that he was complicit in an illegal bombing campaign against Cambodia and Laos (that led to the Cambodian genocide),...
View ArticleVictory for DailyKos on Democratic Party Platform!
I don’t know who or what US Uncut is, but they are the bearers of glad tidings!Bill McKibben attempted to insert language into the party platform on both a carbon tax and a national moratorium on...
View ArticleWhat will convince them?
This, and this only: cease to call Christian white supremacy wrong, and join them in calling it right. And this must be done thoroughly—done in acts as well as in words. Silence will not be...
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