The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: Fox News

  • Things I Couldn’t Care Less About

    Is it me, or are some scandals not particularly scandalous? Maybe it’s because things seem to be moving faster than ever before on the information highway, but it seems as though the vast majority of news these days is filler. Empty calories. Not particularly beneficial to one’s wellbeing. Here are just a few things I’m…

  • The Daily Show in Transition

    I have been a longtime fan of Comedy Central’s Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Not only has it been a great source of entertainment, but I think it has provided a much-needed voice of reason for the political sector. Despite the frequent complaints from conservatives that all media has a liberal bias, I’ve always found…

  • Drudge Sludge

    I have a dear friend who gets all of his news from the Drudge Report, and therefore spends the bulk of his time angry, scared, and bitter. Talking to him can be exhausting. It’s like being the opponent in a sadistic game of dodgeball. He lobs paranoid gobs of information at me, I dodge the…

  • Why I Love Obamacare

    As an abysmally underinsured American, for the past decade I’ve been acutely aware of the passage of time. Every day that went by felt like it was one day closer to whatever catastrophic health problem was going to take me down. The company I work for thought it was decent and fair to provide its…