Defending Jim Daly

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Adam — 4 Comments ↓

Shame on you Daily Kos. And shame on you Kaili Joy Gray. I never thought in a million years that I’d be in a position where I felt the need to defend Jim Daly of Focus On the Family, but here we are. Daly has stuck his neck out — distanced himself (even if it was just a little) from Focus’ official policy of homophobia and bigotry — and you guys have unceremoniously chopped off his head. Here’s what happened. Continue reading →

The Coveted Twice-Cooked Endorsement

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Adam — 2 Comments ↓

All you Twice Cooked readers out there in the United States: Tuesday is election day. So go vote. If you are a citizen of the United States, voting is neither just your right, nor just your privilege — it is your patriotic duty. Voting in elections is not the only way that we Americans express devotion to our country, but it is the key way. All that other stuff we do in the name of patriotism — national service, paying Continue reading →

Mitt Romney’s Minstrel Logic

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Adam — No Comments ↓

In grandfather’s day, one minstrel recalled, men were judged by merit, not money; styles were sensible; young men did not ogle girls; married men were faithful; politicians were honest; and there was no war. One hundred years ago, another intoned, farmers did not cut their legs off with mowing machines; there were few divorces; lamps did not explode and kill people; there were no “Turkish harems at Salt Lake”; young women did not lose status if they did a little Continue reading →

Some thoughts on Occupy

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Adam — No Comments ↓

I have not written here about the Occupy movement, or about very much else to do with politics either, in part because I had conceived of this space pretty narrowly. And though the masthead reads Cooking, Eating, Politics, just cooking and eating seemed like more than enough to deal with. But given recent events in Philadelphia, I have largely changed my mind. Last night, a couple of hours past midnight, the police finally moved in to evict Occupiers outside of Continue reading →