Hello everyone, I’m Alex, and I’ll be your Best Man for the evening. Casey and I go way back to middle school, and I am deeply honored to be given the position of Best Man. Of course, that got me thinking. If I’m the Best Man, what does that make Casey?
Seriously though, thank you Casey […]
Just to let all my loyal readers know (wait, do I have any?), I am going on vacation starting tomorrow morning. I’ll be back in my home state and my home town of Holland, Michigan for the next week. On the 28th my best friend is getting married. I am the Best […]
For a while now, NYRA hadn’t done much at all with the drinking age issue. All of our campaigns had been about lowering the voting age, or curfew laws, or ageism in general. With the Vermont campaign, we have finally taken some much needed action to lower the drinking age. Because of […]
Its time for the nation’s ageist busybodies to put their money where their mouth is and once again defend the poor, undeveloped teenage brain from the taxing, dangerous demands modern society places on this Precambrian chunk of gray matter.
On the heals of the huge amount of attention paid recently to junk science studies on the […]
Since this was described elsewhere as “fucking brilliant” I figured I’d tack it up here for ya’ll to enjoy. After hearing one of our members is turning away from Christianity, due in part to his involvement and exposure to NYRA, I provided this brief defense of the faith I love:
Jesus’ whole point was that […]
On a forum I sometimes frequent, a Communist claimed private property is allowed and compatable with a Communist state. Here is his statement and my response:
there is nothing in communism that opposes private property. You can own your house, or your car or your summer cottage. After all the wealth is distributed equally, it´s […]
Tony Blair got a good birthday present today with his election victory for the third time.
Mr Blair - who turns 52 today - said it was clear from the result that “the British people wanted the return of a Labour government with a reduced majority” and the party had to respond.
“I know there […]
As the world waits with baited breath for results from the British election (well maybe not Americans, us insular bastards), Matthew Yglesias commented on the British political system:
If you think the Electoral College is a screwy way of determining who gets to be President, you should check out the truly fucked-up British political system. I’ve […]
Another absurd zero tolerance story involves a student carrying a malicious looking burrito to school without a permit and inducing a school lockdown. Sigh, when will schools learn.
A call about a possible weapon at a middle school prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, close nearby streets and lock down the school. All […]