Category archive: Ideology

Ghost in the economy

By Chuck Roger • February 25th, 2009 4:25 am

He was once unfamiliar with this kind of intimacy with nature. But over the past few years, the man has grown fond of wind tossing the wispy hair while his cheeks catch spray breaking over the bow of the boat. He drinks it all in, watches the orange cork plunge beneath the waves, and reels in [...]

A day in the life

By Chuck Roger • January 21st, 2009 4:31 am

A woman’s voice. Chattering teeth and goosebumps. Rolling over, from the alarm radio I hear Libby Bliedheart whine about points made yesterday on KFYI’s Rightman in the Morning. Convicts surely deserve HDTVs. Rightman was callous to suggest otherwise. The Fairness Doctrine is good. Quickly, radio off, feet on floor, into hot shower. With the thermostat [...]

Anger mismanagement

By Chuck Roger • October 15th, 2008 4:45 am

Accuse the bigot of bigotry. Then dodge the high-velocity spittle. Praise an attractive, successful woman who role models traditional values. Then get out of the way as gangs of moral cripples spew bile at the woman and at a wholesomeness which the cripples will never comprehend. Indeed, truth inflames the zealot. Mainstream media and celebrities seem to be in [...]

Ruby red fingers, muddy grey matter

By Chuck Roger • September 24th, 2008 4:47 am

Exactly what is “ideology?” Visionary theorizing, or a worldview distilled from cherry-picked evidence and flawed logic? After a mildly defiant adolescence, I became a mildly liberal adult, later “evolving” to very liberal and eventually associating with fringe-dwelling kooks who prowl the halls of alternative health care. But my education and career in hard science, life experience, [...]

Barack Obama: son of promise, child of hope

By Chuck Roger • August 13th, 2008 4:52 am

That’s the title of a children’s book about a boy who “knew he wasn’t quite like anybody else” and decided that he was meant to “bring people together.” Kids will read that “God talks to Barry,” who “knew for certain hope would last long enough for him to make a difference.” Differences? Obama says that [...]

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