IS RASH LIMBO THE BOSS OF THE REPUBLICANS - BY DEFAULT?What about Newt Gingrich, you ask? C'mon - Newt is SO-15 years-ago.    (Click on any image to ENLARGE it)       Dean Baker  "... According to the Congressional Budget Office, Social Security is fully funded through the year 2049 with...

You would think that after the countless years of Bloggers calling out PR professionals on bad pitches that things would change. You would be wrong. In the spirit of trotting out another dead horse: could PR pitches be any worse? The boatload of emails that are not personalized or relevant to the co...

    February 5, 2ôô9 NAVIGATING THE FRINGE STREAM- LISTING A BIT TO THE LEFT... Minister of Rants - it‘s the #1 blog among people who forgive Keith Olberman for his misspent youth blabbng about sports... (Click on any image to ENLARGE it) 50 YEARS AGO: The Music Died...In a snowy field in Iowa...

President Obama will move early to end the 15-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" policy that has prevented homosexual and bisexual men and women from serving openly within the U.S. military, Robert Gibbs, spokesman for the president-elect has said. In the years since Bill Clinton bobbled the issue of ...

    Jimmy Crum (80) longtime Columbus TV sportscaster, known for both his loud sport coats and his charitable work. Crum joined WCMH-TV in Columbus shortly after its launch in 1949 and retired in '94. He was sports director for much of that time and helped to raise millions of dollars for charitie...

    JANUARY 13, 2ôô9   We're ba-a-ack! Da Rev has taken a few weeks R & R. The return is marked by what we hope is a simpler, sharper focus for the blog. ENJOY... & Comment!  Click on any image to ENLARGE it) A veteran economist and a rookie economist are walking down the road. They co...

WELL HOWDY, REV'LERS! I’m Rev. Art. That's our next-door neighbor Butch - He stuck mistletoe in the studded collars on his pit bulls. Welcome to our crib in Metro Fairborn and THE HOLIDAZED STAND-UP!               MERRY CHRISMA -HANUKKA- WANZA ! Fleece Nahbabanah! Season’s Greeting...

  Paul M. Weyrich (66) conservative activist who coined the phrase "moral majority" and helped to turn social conservatives into a powerful force in the Republican Party. Weyrich had many health problems, including diabetes. His legs were amputated at the knee in 2005, and he had broken his back in...

  Just a note to let you know about a small format change: "Politics & Skin" will publish on this site, but in a separate posting and, usually, on a different schedule from "The Stand - Up"... As always thanks for your continuing interest in Minister of Rants. ____________ And, of course - P...

ROLLIN' WITH THE BLOGROLLS: THESE BLOGS INCLUDE MINISTER OF RANTS IN THEIR BLOGROLLS!        SALUTE! These culturally-aware, socially-relevant, politically-astute bloggers - many of whom compose NULLIFIDIAN BLOGS - have included us in their blogrolls; we humbly accept their attention and urge y...