cynicism | Taboo Jive

A Very Grey Country; Britain

I live in Britain, known informally by the rest of the world as 'England', whose official name is the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' a state that has only been in existence for less than 80 years. Despite being legally unified with Wales in the 1530s,…

8 Comments

February 12, 2012

Country / Editorials / Education / Government / Media / Philosophy / Politics / Society

A Blighted and Cynical Process Chose Clarence Thomas

By Jim Hoover Our system of leadership grossly failed us regarding the appointment of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court. Apart from his questionable associations with outside forces, apart from lying about his wife’s income for several years, apart from refusing to recuse himself for decisions that involved a…

2 Comments

July 7, 2011

Corporate Elite Put us on this Path of Doom / Country / Current Events / Editorials / Education / Government / News / Philosophy / Politics

America: Fiddling Toward Decline

By Jim Hoover You remember hearing the legend that depicted Roman Emperor Nero as fiddling while Rome burned and was mostly destroyed by fire in 64 AD? The truth of the legend is irrelevant. What is relevant is that corruption and narcissism were endemic in Roman society at the…

Comments Off

July 5, 2011