The Urban Curmudgeon
growls from Manhattan
Newts just don’t change their spots: Happened to pick up Newt Gingrich’s newsletter today and can’t help but get a chuckle at the old nut case’s grasp on dumb. He immediately praises the killing of Osama Bin Laden by saying: “I commend
Newt Gingrich: Has anyone ever been so perfectly named? Newt: a small froglike salamander, that lives under rocks or wet leaves and emits a toxin that is sickening to humans. Well, old Newt was at it again last week coming out with
Just a quickie. I had never intended to write anything about the despicable, egomaniacal, self-promoting Donald Trump but my beautiful wife has been so upset by his pathetic grab for publicity that I decided to be a good husband and write this
The financial crash that almost destroyed our economy and is still causing havoc in this country has often been blamed on dumb home-buyers and the greedy bankers who took advantage of them, but there is surely a lot more to it than
Republicans and Tea Baggers have figured out a new way to encourage their beliefs in the sanctity of marriage. Their latest assault on programs that are trying to combat the effects of unemployment has had a secondary effect. Married couples throughout the
For years we have had to listen to the whining of the conservatives and their media toadies about the tax money that goes to support NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It seems that they are all bent out of shape
The Problem: The tale below is just an illustration of what’s wrong with this country right now. It’s a tale of greed, the kind that is tearing America apart. Fortunately all the parties are rich so it isn’t the usual tale of
I was surprised a while back when Democrat Dick Durban and Republican Lindsey Graham, appearing on Meet the Press, both admitted that Social Security actually had nothing to do with the deficit. This is something that I have long maintained and have
Some guy with the unlikely name of Charles M. Blow got the center section of the New York Times OP-Ed page a short while ago just so he could explain that people in this country don’t really blame the Republicans for the
A New Joe McCarthy: Peter King is Joe McCarthy. It is true that in the last ten years, a majority of the terrorist attacks around the world, have been perpetrated by followers of Islam, so Peter King has decided that all Muslims