Monthly Archives: March 2007

Putting Words In Captain America’s Mouth

In Marvel’s Civil War limited series, a major catastrophe split the hero community in half. One side, led by industrialist Tony Stark (aka Iron Man) fell in line with a government-sponsored superhuman registration act. The other side, led by WWII-veteran and super-patriot Steve Rogers (aka Captain America), resisted the movement on principle. In the end,

Barack Obama, Time Lord?

(Upon reflection, this post’s title is ridiculous to the point of inanity, but it sounds so cool besides that I can’t bring myself to change it.) First, watch a portion of Barack Obama’s stupendous Sunday morning speech/sermon at Brown AME in Selma, Alabama. The whole speech is about forty minutes long (we watched a repeat

Fighting For Minds In Second Life

Whether a political campaign operates out of a virtual headquarters on the Internet or from a repurposed storefront in suburbia, the contested territory is the same. In either case, your opinion is desired and your favor is courted, because every free election has been and will always be a fight for your mind. And this