By Jason Batten I believe we live in an America that is becoming less free with every new administration. Examples of this have defined the 20th century. 1. We have given bankers the ability to inflat… more →
The Official Publication of the Batten Brother's Debate GroupMary Clyens wrote 2 months ago: Yup… just as there’s a boat for the wicked, there’s also a boat for the good. Comi … more →
Mary Clyens wrote 2 months ago: Tens of thousands of conservative activists, assembled loonies, birthers, deathers, tenthers, conspi … more →
sweetswede wrote 4 months ago: By Jason Batten I believe we live in an America that is becoming less free with every new administra … more →
sweetswede wrote 4 months ago: By Josiah Batten Stephen Slivinski, Director of Budget Studies at the CATO Institute, defines corpor … more →
sweetswede wrote 4 months ago: By Jason Batten You know what? The government can do national health care. But can I go ahead and o … more →
Mary Clyens wrote 6 months ago: What a fun turn the Republican Party has taken… Over the weekend, Lindsey Graham was heckled a … more →
Mary Clyens wrote 7 months ago: Just an annoyance: I’ve been watching some of the fallout from the Specter switch on MSNBC and … more →
Mary Clyens wrote 11 months ago: I’ve said it before, but not as succinctly as Michael Kinsley. This is what terrifies me about … more →
Mary Clyens wrote 11 months ago: Earlier today, I posted a blurb about some of the movies claimed by the Libbies. Turns out, in the l … more →
Mary Clyens wrote 11 months ago: I rarely weigh in on social or cultural issues. If all connotations of labels could be removed, I wo … more →
Mary Clyens wrote 11 months ago: I had so much fun researching those posts from December that I haven’t really stopped. Of cour … more →
Mary Clyens wrote 1 year ago: It’s always easy to be against something bad – and it’s hard to argue that a $700 Billio … more →
Mary Clyens wrote 1 year ago: Just took the political philosophy quiz at www.Issues2000.org, and I’m apparently considered a … more →
Mary Clyens wrote 1 year ago: My silverware drawer serves as a kind of middling region for my house – filled with things I k … more →
Mary Clyens wrote 1 year ago: The “circular firing squad” metaphor is certainly nothing new within struggling politica … more →
Mary Clyens wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday, the Libertarian Party nominated Bob Barr to be their Presidential candidate. I watched a … more →
Mary Clyens wrote 1 year ago: What was it I wrote a while back about the comfort of old foes? Better yet, how about that nugget of … more →
Mary Clyens wrote 1 year ago: Script for TV ad for TheLadders.com job search website: Scene: Mobs of “average people” … more →
Mary Clyens wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been toying with this theory lately about the state of the Republican Party in which John … more →