The Earth (US) Government

A safe haven for your money or tragically flawed accounting gimmick? We look at the US Social Security programme.

Some governments were said to make the trains run on time, at the expense of pretty much everything else good about society. But surely we want the busses to run on time at least? Some thoughts on the state of public transport in Los Angeles. (Portions previously published as a letter in the LA Weekly).

I confront a pro-censorship fundementalist group, as I write on the Oklahomans for Children and Families' crusade against Internet Providers. The OCAF's Paul Cardin has now moved to a new organization, but the same prudish minds are hard at work.

How I came to love my local SuperBookStores, a letter to the LA Reader in response to its anti-superstore story.

An Earth-Based "Religious" Philosophy

Blizwickians were quite shocked to read about L Ron Hubbard's view of life on other planets. Quite honestly, we resent being part of this bizarre space opera, since life on Blizwick is so much more dull and mundane. Our feelings are hurt. After all, nobody asked us what it was like to be on Blizwick.

And if he can really charge $ 380,000 for it, we demand royalties!

(We could use them; somehow it seems a lot tougher to get our hands on that Earth medium of exchange than on Blizwick).

Click on the link for more on the strange and awesomely awful world of Scientology.