I started writing the Independent Bloghorn a year ago from May 27th.  I figured that in celebration I would link to what I think are the top ten best posts so far.  Also, I will answer Jake’s question of where the “independent” in independent Bloghorn comes from.  I wish I had some sexy story that [...]

This was a post that I wrote on my blog back when I was on blogger, and for some reason it didn’t transfer over when I imported everything to wordpress: I am the kind of person that usually tries to ignore PETA. I also usually try to ignore my two-year-old when she engages in negative [...]

As I continue to address that Jake made on a previous post, today I will tackle multiculturalism. Jake is in blue, I am in green: I like your post on multiculturalism. However, I found myself wondering when I was done reading it, it is obvious that you don’t like multiculturalism, but you seem to assume [...]

   reality: i respect it too much to believe in it. -Jean Baudrillard In my most recent post, I discussed the problematic nature of scientific consensus in response to a comment on a previous blog from my friend, Jake.  The dubious nature of the scientific consensus that confirms the dangerous potential of anthropogenic global warming [...]

Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the heavens as its center, would, I reflected, regard it as an insane pronouncement if I made the opposite assertion that the earth moves. -Nicolaus Copernicus In the comments area of Lamentation [...]

Social Security is more bankrupt than we thought.  A few months ago I wrote a post, Weapon of Mass Wealth Destruction, where I explored how social security is a terrible investment.  The Social Security Trustees Report came out today, and we found that the condition of Social Security and Medicare is worse than expected.  Americans certainly [...]

It is nice to see that Chuckles has made his way back to the Bloghorn for some rigorous debate!  Chuckles is in italics.  This is a comment from Baracktile Dysfunction 3. If there’s one thing I find absolutely adorable it’s a conservative clinging to the notion of “personal responsibility”. It is precious beyond words. I [...]

My ancestors were among the first Anglo-American settlers to arrive in California after Mexico lost the War of 1848.  They arrived on a ship called the Brooklyn and settled Yerba Buena – now San Francisco.  Despite the fact that many of them were nearby when gold was discovered and Sutters Mill, they decided to leave [...]

  It is probably time for us to all revisit junior high and break out a copy of George Orwell’s Animal Farm.  I couldn’t help but think of the basic outline of the Animal Farm plot the more that I learn the details of what Obama is doing to the auto industry in America.  The forced [...]