The Wasteland

Posted on November 7, 2012 by metrospirit

Why living in a swing state sucks I’m sitting in my living room, a space mostly dark, and lit solely by the dim, nearly sepia spotlights lording over the breakfast nook. The fact that they illuminate a five foot tall,…

Your Republican Party

Posted on November 2, 2012 by metrospirit

Courting the Rapist Vote Seeing as how this is my final pre-election column and courting undecided voters — a demographic, I’m convinced, largely fabricated for the convenience of 24-hour news networks — is an increasingly Sisyphian endeavor, I’m pretty much…

Justified

Posted on October 25, 2012 by metrospirit

Democrats come back; Republicans blames everyone they can think of What a difference a few weeks can make — or a single night, for that matter. Heading into their first debate, Obama was riding high on the strength of double-digit…

We Interrupt Your Locally Scheduled Programming

Posted on October 18, 2012 by metrospirit

A much-needed election break to talk about really good (and bad) horror movies As I’ve pointed out before, the timing of the Metro Spirit’s street date can create some problems for the content of this column. My deadline is somewhere…

Three Extremes

Posted on October 11, 2012 by metrospirit

A post-debate analysis Coming off, as we are, the first presidential debate, picking a topic for this week’s column was a quintessential “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” dilemma. On the one hand, I’m getting really, really tired…

Political Chess

Posted on October 4, 2012 by metrospirit

Todd Akin’s views are excusable as long as he can take a seat away from a Democrat If the Zoroastrian forces of the world were tipped in the balance of good, Todd Akin would have absolutely zero bearing on the…

On the Ropes

Posted on September 27, 2012 by metrospirit

Why Mitt Romney Should Go Ahead and Quit Yeah. I know. I can already feel the molten lava dripping from some of your sulfuric maws as you read this headline. From my occasional skimming of the Whine Line, I…

Back-Pew Hero Worship, Part 3

Posted on September 20, 2012 by metrospirit

This Is Not About Boxing By the time this goes to press, it will have been five days since Sergio Martinez outclassed Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. to reclaim the WBC middleweight title that he never officially lost. The belt…

The DNC

Posted on September 13, 2012 by metrospirit

A snarky review A lot has gone down since the Democratic National Convention wrapped up last week, so I assume most of you have forgotten that it even happened. To be fair, I almost did. It’s just that these…

WTF, RNC?

Posted on September 6, 2012 by metrospirit

A Recap in Abbreviations This past week, the Republican National Convention wrapped up in Tampa, Florida, and it was by all accounts an epic clusterf***k of “Waterworld” proportions. Only instead of a gilled Kevin Costner and snaggle-eyed, steampunk Dennis Hopper…