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Tron: Best in Show
Posted on December 26, 2010 | 5 CommentsWherein I propose that the Tron films can be read as a metaphor for dog culture and a criticism of the kennel club system. If there was one day of... -
Sacred Honor
Posted on November 11, 2010 | No CommentsIn honor of our Veterans, here’s a speech I gave before the American Legion back in 1999. The speech took first place at the local and district levels and runner... -
Kennel, Kibbutz, and Konzentrationslager
Posted on January 7, 2010 | 3 CommentsThe tools of Eugenics are very much alike: be it the dog kennel, the Kibbutz, or Concentration Camp. In philosophy, engineering, and practice the three institutions are highly correlated. While... -
Pacifist Hypocrite Shopping List
Posted on May 5, 2009 | No Commentsreprint I was out running some errands today and there were a handful of protesters at a busy intersection waving home-made signs like “honk for peace” and “no war for... -
Golden Eyes & Uncle Sam
Posted on December 20, 2008 | No CommentsGolden Eyes and Uncle SamNell Brinkley, 1918 This illustration shows a young woman, “Golden Eyes,” dressed in a khaki-colored dress and cap standing with a collie dog named Uncle Sam... -
Too Many Working Dogs, Too Little Work
Posted on December 4, 2008 | 17 CommentsFrom Donald McCaig’s The Dog Wars, you’d swear that there were too few working dogs and too much work to do, thus the dire need to “save” the entire breed... -
A Hero's Welcome
Posted on October 5, 2008 | 3 CommentsFourteen months serving your nation and the greater good of mankind in a desolate, sandy hellhole half way across the world; putting your life on the line every day, all... -
Pacifist Hypocrite Shopping List
Posted on March 19, 2008 | 6 CommentsI was out running some errands today and there were a handful of protesters at a busy intersection waving home-made signs like “honk for peace” and “no war for oil.”... -
Final Words of a Dead Soldier
Posted on January 4, 2008 | No CommentsA soldier and a blogger died yesterday in Iraq. Months ago he prepared for this day by writing his final blog post, to be published only on the event of... -
Waterboarding Our Border Collies
Posted on November 30, 2007 | No CommentsExtended metaphor is a difficult device to execute well. Very few things are so like another as to speak to each other’s situation, while at the same time one of...
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