Politicasting
The question is, do you feel safer?
Columns
Let’s avoid that same situation with terror, and quash the problem where it starts. Instead of battling the terrorists after they’ve sworn to hate the U.S., we need to make it more difficult for them to hate the U.S.
8.4.2004Travis Daub
Politicasting
Marriage Out Law
Columns
That’s the kicker. No matter how much we regulate and subjugate marriage to waiting periods, nominal fees and legal definitions, it ultimately remains a pact between two individuals. If one of those two individuals wants out, it’s over.
7.21.2004Travis Daub
Politicasting
Imagine a House on Fire
Columns
Let's discuss abortion in terms of reality, not fantasy.
6.9.2004Travis Daub
Politicasting
3 ways to identify a Sovereign Iraq
Columns
Bush asserts that the June 30th handover of power in Iraq will be a full handover, granting the country sovereignty. But, critics wonder if we can declare the occupation "over" when there are still tens of thousands of U.S. troops on the ground. Wondering who to believe? Here are just a few indicators to consider before you deem Iraq a fully independent country.
5.27.2004Travis Daub
Politicasting
We Do What We're Told
Columns
This is what we do when we're at war, right? Iconic images of war have been known to turn around public sentiment and help bring an eventual end to the conflict. The photo of a napalm-strafed, naked twelve year old Kim Phuc, running down a street in her South Vietnam village on June 8, 1972, haunted me as a seven-year-old.
5.12.2004Christopher J. Stephens
Politicasting
What Colonel Gaddafi can teach us about Osama Bin Laden
Columns
Everything we've done right with Libya, we're doing wrong with Al Qaeda.
4.28.2004Travis Daub
Politicasting
Responses to "Outsourcing Death"
Columns
Now, two months after "Outsourcing Death" was written, and since many of these letters arrived, four private military contractors were killed and their bodies desecrated in Fallujah. Images of their deaths have been powerful reminders to the American public of the true horrors of war -- that the daily statistics we hear reported are attached to actual lives.
4.14.2004Travis Daub
Politicasting
Between Two Horses
Columns
The 9/11 commission's investigation has unveiled many startling truths, but the most serious is only now becoming clear. As it turns out, the nation is dreadfully vulnerable during the celebrated peaceful transfer of power.
4.1.2004Travis Daub
Politicasting
Terror Diplomacy
Columns
The ultimate goal of any terrorist is to change government policy. By scaring voters away from the polls, by taking hostages, killing candidates, or just making threats, they often make an impact.
3.3.2004Travis Daub
Politicasting
Outsourcing Death
Columns
We're paying foreigners to die in Iraq, so we don’t have to.
2.18.2004Travis Daub
Politicasting
Can't Get Enough Billion Dollar Publicity
Columns
Let's draw an imaginary line from Janet Jackson's pierced nipple to envelopes full of deadly poison.
2.4.2004Travis Daub
Politicasting
Big Bore in '04
Columns
It's easy to see success In Kerry's future, but what do the elections hold for the rest of the candidates? We decided to go beyond the raw numbers and take a look at each of the seven major candidates' websites to see what they had to say to their supporters and take a look at what the future holds.
1.30.2004Rob Conroy
Politicasting
The Day After the State of the Union Drinking Game
Columns
Let's get wasted. We've got 10 months of autopilot government, with nothing to worry about
1.21.2004Travis Daub
Politicasting
Everyone is an Auteur
Columns
The next time you read about the Recording Industry Association of America complaining about a violation of copyright, consider all of the intellectual property that you own.
1.7.2004Travis Daub
Politicasting
Ask Your Doctor
Columns
I was a sucker. I bought what they were selling me hook-line-and Levitra.
12.17.2003Travis Daub
Politicasting
Deathmachines
Columns
The top killers of soldiers in Iraq are enemy fire and automobile accidents.
11.22.2003Travis Daub
Politicasting
Attack of the Blogs
Columns
Contrary to popular belief, blogs are not the original promise of the Internet fulfilled. No, most blogs are the literary equivalent of standing on a street corner shirtless, drunk, and screaming at the passersby.
10.22.2003Travis Daub
Politicasting
Commercial Calls
Columns
The guy on the other end of the phone is preying on my sense of politeness. He's got a script designed to counter every objection I muster. He probably sort of pities me too. I imagine the room he's sitting in right now. Is he surrounded by cubicles full of guys with slicked-back hair and $80 shirts, or is it just a bunch of starving college kids?
10.8.2003Travis Daub
Politicasting
Smart-Ass Card
Columns
Through the wonders of modern science and overly-inflated marketing budgets, Larry and his band of corporate cohorts will create a Smartcard that electronically stores all of your personal information and vital statistics, from your blood type to your porn preference to the last ten books you stole from the library.
9.24.2003Travis Daub
Brandon Stahl
Politicasting
The Ultimate Sacrifice
Columns
One thing we don't sacrifice much is primetime television viewing hours in exchange for presidential press conferences. Maybe if we sacrificed a few more of those, George could keep us updated on what we should be sacrificing.
9.10.2003Travis Daub
Politicasting
State of Emergency
Columns
Governors listen up: how balance the budget in your state
8.27.2003Travis Daub
Politicasting
The Bogus War on Piracy
Columns
Ok, MPAA. Listen up. The people who pirate your lame-ass movies have no respect for any of the above-mentioned items. Yes, piracy is theft. Yes, it takes money out of peoples’ pockets, but let’s clarify whom.
8.13.2003Travis Daub
Politicasting
Homeowers Unite!
Columns
"What? We live less than two miles from the goddamned Pentagon. I was practically in their fucking parking lot when the plane struck it on September 11th, and my house isn't covered against an act of war?"
7.30.2003Travis Daub
Politicasting
Shut Up Tom
Columns
The man isn't a hack, but he is hackneyed.
7.2.2003Travis Daub
Politicasting
Pre-emptive Protesting
Columns
As Tom Ridge says, "We have a choice. We can be afraid, or we can be ready." I vote for being ready -- by holding pre-emptive protests against all these bad things.
5.21.2003Travis Daub
Politicasting
Operation Enduring Catch Phrase
Columns
Really, what could be unpatriotic about something called the U.S.A. Patriot act? What harm could lurk behind the inner-workings of a program called "No Child Left Behind?"
4.23.2003Travis Daub
Politicasting
Making a Case for Foreign Oil
Columns
People shouldn't have to die just to stabilize our economy! It's not quite that cut and dry. The decision isn't quite as easy you consider how many people suffer and die when our economy falters.
3.12.2003Travis Daub
Politicasting
Stuck in the Surly Bonds
Columns
The issue is, how far we have gone off course in our drive to explore space? If these problems with the space program are not addressed, more money will be wasted, more vessels will be lost, and most importantly more lives will be needlessly put at risk.
2.5.2003Travis Daub
Politicasting
Echo-Boomers Grab Your Gun!
Columns
What's more, the Rangel plan would force young people to take the war, and the U.S.'s foreign policy a little bit more seriously. Most of all, Rangel wants people from all walks of life to have the chance to pay the ultimate price for their freedom.
1.15.2003Travis Daub
Politicasting
Bush's All-Stars
Columns
So, as far as I'm concerned, the White House is setting itself up for a big flop, at a moment when paranoia could potentially consume the Republicans in Congress.
12.18.2002Travis Daub
Politicasting
Letter to the President
Columns
You see, I woke up this morning, looked in the mirror, and decided that I was as good a person as any to send you a letter detailing everything you're doing wrong in your administration.
12.4.2002Travis Daub
Politicasting
Check Your Voting Rights at the Door
Columns
"Who cares what one quarter of one percent of the U.S. population thinks?" Keep in mind that far less than one quarter of one percent of the population have decided the outcome of the last two elections.
11.20.2002Travis Daub
Politicasting
Tight Lips Sink Ships
Columns
The public, and the world, would be more supportive of the potential war on Iraq if the Pentagon gave the press more access to the battlefield.
11.9.2002Travis Daub
Politicasting