Satire: Politics

by Carl Anders

Why Women Should Rule the World (Or Why Men Start Wars) In many current scientific and philosophical fields, the present is the key to the past. In Geology as an example, we use the present to explain the formation of...read more

by J. M. Cornwell

Homeless Advantage No responsibility. No time clocks to punch. No ruts to faithfully pace day after day after day. It's a dream come true. It's what we all wished for every year as we blew out the candles on each birthd...read more

by Jonathan Hyams

Manifesto of the Social Fascist Party of the United Queendom Party Motto: "Make love, then war." Should we, the Social Fascist Party of the United Queendom, be elected as the primary party of the United Queendom's...read more

by Ian Smith

Was I Booby Kennedy? by Feamus Seamus O'Flattery Murdered at an early age, cut off in his prime before the peak of his political career, younger brother of the assassinated president Kennedy, JFK's brother is the focus ...read more

by Andy D

Kevin Donahue was born into an influential Texas family who had made their immense fortune from oil. After taking mediocre level classes in high school with even more mediocre grades, he attended Yale University with the a...read more

by Michael Raymond

Conspiracy Theory Most of the time, I turn an almost deaf ear to conspiracy theories. If you look hard enough and long enough, you can come up with a plausible assertion of sedition and treachery for almost any topic of...read more

by Richard Meese

President Schmook looked down at the dozens of photos littering his desk and rubbed the back of his neck. Secretary of Defense Bluevane had warned him they would be bad, but these were far worse than he ever imagined. ...read more

by Barbra Springer

Vegetables: I prefer frozen. I think they are fresher and I like their crispiness (if they are not overdone). Some people prefer canned. Perhaps you like canned. You know, that's okay with me. Maybe you hate frozen. ...read more

by Anna Green

The Voice of Justice Just a few more feet and he would be out. They would never know, he was too good. He would walk through the glass door and in to the bright sunshine and they would never know. No one took any noti...read more

by Larry Lynn

Prefatory Comments: For six months, I have been trying to get my social security benefits. My application was delayed because I did not have an original of my birth certificate. That original is in the New York City De...read more

by Harvey Stelman

To an immigrant the quote, "The Streets Are Paved With Gold" is what they want to believe. If they choose to believe this impossible tale, they can find all the "Fools Gold" they want. Just think, everyone in The United St...read more

by Chase Storey

Dear Mr. Rove: I am in shock and awe of your brilliance. The manner in which you've convinced the President and his political entourage to limit their discussion on pertinent issues by reciting a litany of paranoiac te...read more

by Nicholas A. Levack

There was a time when I thought that the average opinion could not get any more ridiculous; but thanks to the campaigning for the upcoming presidential election, it turns out I could have not been more wrong. "What is more...read more

by Justice Putnam

FOR THE GENERAL GOOD (Under every stone lurks a politician. - Euripides) I thought the State had no need for my services any longer. But a Certain Member of the Assembly visited a few days ago with a message fro...read more

by Grandpa Sturman

LOCKED IN THE 50"S It suddenly occurred to me the other day that I must be locked in the 1950's. I fondly remember more about the "good old days" than I do about current events. I remember the political climate was a...read more

by Sebastian Ramshackle III

Whow ould want to be a politician? Mobody in their right mnd, surely. Then twll me, why do so many people fight so hard for the job? Its strange, isn't it. While they're fighting for the job, they're mostly telling us how ...read more

by Robyn Goldenberg

Valediction was a reliable sentiment in the early 2000's. Bill Clinton was the President. The population customarily gathered in great numbers at movie theaters and living rooms across America for Blair Witch Two, to watch...read more

by Kari Berele

Presidential Phone Calls - Who's on the Other End? Both Democratic candidates declare that they will answer the White House phone in the middle of the night. I can't tell you what a sense of relief that brings to ...read more

by Dennis Copson

Why Politicians Peeve Me Politicians may be my number one pet peeve! How about you? Politicians really get my blood boiling as I watch them parade about, in Washington especially, doing everything possible for themselve...read more

by A. Slacker

Illegal immigration- a solution that works? Much has been said about illegal immigration and its long lasting effects on the American economy. Why now has this become such a big deal? It's not like this problem popped...read more