The Con Man more than met his match with Matthew Staver, co-founder and dean of Liberty Univrsity Law School, came on the program to debate gay marriage.
Click here for the complete "Con Games with Michael Conniff" for Tuesday June 17, 2008.
4 comments June 17th, 2008
They hated Scott McClellan when he mouthed their mission, and now they hate him when he tells the truth. Also: The Con Man talks about New York State's new embrace of gay couples, and the balance between energy and the environment.
Click here for the complete "Con Games with Michael Conniff" for Thursday May 29, 2008.
Add comment June 2nd, 2008
The Con Man takes issue with a reader who believes his piece on Aspen Gay Ski Week--"Why Gay Ski Week Creeps Me Out--And That's A Good Thing"--a piece that decried his own prejudice as a way of getting past it.
Click here for the complete "Con Games with Michael Conniff" for Tuesday May 27, 2008.
2 comments May 27th, 2008
When the historians look under the covers on civil rights, they are all but assured to see John McCain’s appearance on the “The Ellen Degeneres Show” as one of the great seminal (sic) moments in the history of gay emancipation.
Ellen—the woman who came out famously on her late sit-com as a gay woman—asked the putative Republican Presidential nominee if he would not be willing to talk about “the elephant in the room” on her syndicated talk show. McCain, the blind man touching the rump of said pachyderm, walked right in the door of daytime television and came out with a snoutful.
And thereby hangs a tale.
Continue Reading Add comment May 26th, 2008
The Con Man completely explodes the Bush Nazi appeasement analogy, then turns his attention to the implications of the decision by the California Supreme Court mandating gay marriage.
Continue Reading Add comment May 19th, 2008
If you’re like me, blognoscenti, then you might have wondered more than once how a previously enlightened smarty-pants celeb can switch so effortlessly to a philosophy found abhorrent but five minutes before.
I finally figured it out: these media converts from liberalism are all fake conservatives—not really conservative at all.
Continue Reading 4 comments April 9th, 2008
ASPEN, COLORADO (Post Time News)--Local Aspen columnist Gary Hubbell either struck a chord or rang a bell with his piece entitled: "In election 2008, don’t forget Angry White Man."
"Here is one group no one has recognized," he writes, "and it is the group that will decide the election: the Angry White Man. The Angry White Man comes from all economic backgrounds, from dirt-poor to filthy rich. He represents all geographic areas in America, from urban sophisticate to rural redneck, deep South to mountain West, left Coast to Eastern Seaboard."His common traits are that he isn’t looking for anything from anyone — just the promise to be able to make his own way on a level playing field. In many cases, he is an independent businessman and employs several people. He pays more than his share of taxes and works hard."
Continue Reading 10 comments February 20th, 2008
The Aspen Club and Spa has discounts and special offers for you all week long. Show your Ski Week ID to check in and book all services. “We have everything you need for everything you do!”
Continue Reading Add comment January 3rd, 2008
This morning, Thomas from Snowmass called President Ahmadinejad a sociopath. I could not agree more. What are some of the defining characteristics of a sociopath?
Tendency to violate the rights of others
Lack of remorse for hurting others
Superficial charm
Recklessness, impulsivity
Continue Reading 16 comments September 25th, 2007
The way the world works is that liberals look forward and conservatives look back.
That explains why conservatives always speak of “fundamentals” and practice the politics of necrophilia when it comes to the iconic Ronald Reagan. That also explains why the right is floundering/flailing as they try to wrap themselves in the flag, honk about the vaguest notion of “freedom,” and cheapen the idea that America is somehow safer despite (a) the rise of al-Qaeda; and (b) the plain fact that Osama bin Ladin is still on the lam.
Continue Reading 8 comments September 20th, 2007
