Batman…returns?? “Folk hero [Batman]. I’m the folk hero. I’m the only one strong enough to see the city [Gotham] for what it is: a fallacy. A construct to be thrown off so people can be free. Fight and love and live free.” ~Mr. Bloom, Super-villain “He [Batman] fights our nightmares to teach us to […]
The mercurial Mr. Bloom has Bruce Wayne (the former Batman) trapped with Commissioner Gordon (the new Batman) “Say it. ‘Damn all of them. There’s only me.’ Say it. Say it! Because the city was built on divisions. Dead flower dolls. Gotham isn’t some tame garden! It’s a wild bloody landscape! So, stop wasting your lives! Don’t take the […]
You’re making us all watch. The whole city. You shut us out and punish us night after night, as you go out there and protect those we can’t. But if you do that, sir, if you let the past drive Batman, his scars, he becomes something dark, a demon of vengeance. Not a creature of […]
“The corruption, crime, and incompetence of the D.C. government has been an embarrassment to our nation’s capital for decades. It is long past time that Congress restored the honor and integrity of George Washington to the beautiful city which bears his name.” ~ Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), speaking on the BOWSER Act “It is […]
Fifth Circuit’s Ruling against “Nasdaq Board Diversity Rule” Safeguards Meritocracy Over Mediocrity
“The evidence presented by Nasdaq in its rule proposal, contrary to its claims, does not show that board diversity provides better returns for shareholders.” ~Excerpt from a Manhattan Institute led amicus curiae brief in the case of Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment vs. SEC. “We will terminate every diversity, equity, and inclusion program across the […]
The Keep Nine Amendment: A Permanent Solution to Threats of Court-Packing
“I think that was a bad idea when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried to pack the court. If anything would make the court appear more partisan, it would be that. So, I am not at all in favor of that solution. Nine seems to be a good number. It’s been that way for a […]
Batman Zero Year: Savage America
By Stone Washington “Just a war of the mind. What is war, if not a battle between two strategies?” ~ The Riddler “Maybe that’s what Batman is about. Not winning. But failing, and getting back up. Knowing He’ll fail, fail a thousand times, but still won’t give up.” ~ Batman Zero Year Savage City–Part 1 The […]
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