Is Europe about to “Go American”?

America is gradually dragging itself out of crisis mode as Europe continues to suffer. But maybe not for long. The German elections are the final hurdle between the old Austerity ideas and the new policies of stimulus and forbearance. It is my belief that the European economic bosses are about to Go American in their ongoing…

SNV: Summertime Volume 4 from Mick and DJ Jazzy Jeff!

Good evening, and welcome to Saturday Night Video! Tonight no video – but here’s a killer mixtape embed from my friend, the world-famous party-starter Mick and the one and only DJ Jazzy Jeff. For the fourth straight summer they’ve put together the only mixtape you need for all your beach parties, barbecues, etc. The embed…

Great Moments in Pure, Unadulterated Bullshit

In the course of my research for a project I’m working on, I came across the following article at the New York Times. Below is the full story, unexcerpted and not taken out of context, from a reporter who attended a charlatan festival in New York City almost twenty years ago. For those who missed…

“This has become a gang war, a street battle”

All hell is now breaking out across Egypt as Political Islam – in the form of the Muslim Brotherhood – reasserts itself. Under Hosni Mubarak’s rule (1981 to 2011), the MB was marginalized as the dictator sought his fortunes as the leader of a more secular nation with which the West could “do business.” His…