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ACORNS. Old and new thoughts for a time of corruption.
The Age of Arrogance. Douglas Milburn gives the new century a name.
The Age of Hideology. Reppy Toppenish. Anti-ideology to the nth degree.
Ahimsa (Non-violence). Douglas Milburn on how to avoid a bloodbath in the 21st century.
America the Disjunctive: Musings on Alienated Children, by Jason Twinhaft.
American Dementia. Jack Xamis on Dr. Strangelove then and the US government now.
American Diaspora: A Brief Guide to Fleeing. Doc Cuddy.
The American Empire: How Long, How Long? Joel Fluker on why it's gonna be a short, short ride.
The American House of Mirrors. Editor Doc Cuddy on the dangers of hubris.
American Tragedy: The Hubris of King George. What the ancient Greeks can tell us about the present mess.
Americtus: The Poison of America. Douglas Milburn on what we've lost and what we're about to lose.
Anderson Valley Advertiser. We find a great newspaper in Northern California.
Application for Membership in the American Empire. Another of our world scoops, freshly smuggled out of the Pentagon.
Are American Chickens Coming Home to Roost? Joel Fluker rants, bigtime.
Are You a Genuine Old-fashioned Cloth-coat Republican? Jerden Purmort.
Are You an Outhouse Republican? Joel Fluker. Helpful political self-tests.
As the Twig Is Bent. Team report on the favorite childhood toys of the present Republican leadership.
Attaboy, 43! Ora Shay, our Token Republican, praises Dubya's crusade against evil.
Bad Boys and Bullies. Doc Cuddy on the fatal flaw of the Bush gang.
B.B.T.T. The Magellan's Log slogan for Campaign 2004.
Beguiling Buffoonery. Jack Xamis, Ph.D., identifies the secret of conservative political success.
Being There II: The Terrifying Sequel. Sawyer Brown on Dubya and Chauncey Gardiner.
Best Bumper Sticker of 2005.
Big D and the Texas Syndrome. Doc Cuddy on the danger of denial, in Texas in 1980 and in America now.
Big George! Token Republican Ora Shay reveals George W. Bush's hometown's plans for a monument.
Body Blow! America in Denial. Joel Fluker.
Breathless in Midland. Ora Shay, token Republican, celebrates the 2004 election results. Bigtime.
Bulletin from Chad! Nfubi Kwaadutu. Katherine Harris denies complicity in Congo violence.
The Bush-Baker Survival Kit. Essential gadgets for the socially engaged.
Bush/Cheney 2004. 10 bumper stickers and a crossword puzzle (he-he).
Bush's Folie à Deux. Doc Cuddy on Bush, one more time.
Campaign Center, Govern Far Right. Doc Cuddy on the hazards of the 2004 election. A clip 'n' save feature.
Caveat Emperor. American democracy in extremis. Slideshow with music (1:45).
The Chad Report. Central listing of Nfubi Kwaadutu's essential dispatches from Chad.
Closets: The Sequel. Katherine Ozanic on liberations past, present, and future.
Constitutional Amendments. Our suggestions for how to get this country back to the way The Founders intended it to be.
Coup Corner. A page with links to all our pieces about the Bush Ascendancy.
The Dangers of Creeping Liberalism, Tolerance, and Rationality. A powerful warning to today's youth.
The Dangers of Hope. Katherine Ozanic on 20th-century propaganda and the rise of American theocracy.
Dark Canon. Jerden Purmort uses a trick of astrophysics to find hope, sort of.
Days of Denial: Some Call It Reason. Doc Cuddy offers a calendar of daily reminders to help Americans deal with the New Patriotism.
Dear Leader. Our proposed constitutional amendment to honor President Bush.
Demonocracy. Jack Xamis, Ph.D. A new word for the disease eating at the heart of America.
Dr. Strangelove Redux. Cassandra & the Bomb.
Dr. Strangelove Revisited: A Modest Prediction. What if the Crazies in Control decide not to give up control? In The Chiliastic Hideon.
Does Saying Make It So? Doc Cuddy thinks Laura Bush was right when she said politics has nothing to do with American literature!
DO NOT Spread This Rumor. Ora Shay, our token Republican, tries to stop the spread of a vicious rumor about George W. Bush.
Don't Tread on Me!. Ceci Lumley and what's wrong with American politics.
Do’s and Don’t’s. Understanding the new rules of freedom of expression in 21st-century America.
Double Indemnity. Douglas Milburn on the difficulties of being both an American and a Texan.
Dubya and the Dow. What our crystal ball says about the future of the market.
Dubya Does Dallas. Token Republican Oray Shay's suggestions for the 2004 campaign.
Dubya Gets His Wish. Joel Fluker. Pres. Bush betows medal on his teenage idol.
Dubya Makes a New Friend. We haven't heard the last of Monika. (In The Chiliastic Hideon)
8% and the Lottery Syndrome. Lulu Dilworth. Hope in the 2000 election.
Extinction. Chardo Blue Plains.
A Fairy Tale for Our Times. Doc Cuddy.
Family Matters. Ora Shay, token Republican, on Bush-family values.
Farewell to the 20th Century. Doc Cuddy bids adieu to one of his less-loved centuries.
Fart Loud & Proud. Doc Cuddy. Thoughts, not all in the best of taste, on life under Bush II.
Fathers and Sons. Caravaggio's estimate of the risks of being young.
Fear and the Rise of American Fascism. Harriet Lobdell on the danger of the accelerating rate of change.
Feeding Frenzy. Elinor Hoefs on the bizarre and dangerous behavior of an unrestrained American government.
Fixing the Pax Americana. Doc Cuddy has a few suggestions for world peace under American hegemony.
Florida Bumperstickers.
The Florida Memorandum. Doc Cuddy. Pieces of the Florida voting puzzle.
The Flotsam and Jetsam of Crawford, Texas. Doc Cuddy on myopic leaders, as well as the rest of us.
George W. Bush's New Improved Science. We filch another secret memo from the White House...
The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Imperial Trinket Repository: Design AND location revealed!
George W. Bush: the First Four Years. 56 photos to help you remember.
Germans R Us. Temple Duciel. Germany and the lessons of humility.
Gigantic Magellan's Log Poli-Sci Contest!
Giggling While Rome Burns. Doc Cuddy on the rise of a sugar-coated, American version of fascism.
God's Cops? Joel Fluker questions the wisdom of huge defense budget increases.
GRRR! The Cumulative Rage of Neanderthal on the Verge of The Guns of September. Anther Varick Ticklaw. The dangers of forgetting history.
GWB's Top Secret 2004 To-do List.
Hate in Progress. Herbert Lehnert's political observations from a recent trip around the world.
Heavenly Transmission. Our staff mediums get word from the top re Dubya.
Hedged Bets. A brief guide to corporate political donations.
Here Come Da Inquisition... Again. Maurice Fitznuggly. The Thought Police are back.
Here There Be Dinosaurs: Hubris and the American Future. Joel Fluker.
Hollow Homeland: The New Orleans Speech That Was Never Given.
Home Sweet Home. Ora Shay, our token Republican, on the restoration of the George W. Bush boyhood home in Midland, Texas.
Home, Sweet Home. Harriet Lobdell's words of wisdom re religion, politics, science, etc.
Homophobia in the White House. By altering a few phrases, Doc Cuddy reveals the depth of prejudice in the president's anti-gay-marriage speech.
How Dysfunctional Is Your Country? A quickie checklist.
How Do You Spell America? Lulu Dilworth takes on the anti-immigrant crowd.
How Do You Tell a Bush from a Shrub from a Weed? Doc Cuddy. What do George, George W., and Danny Boy have in common?
How Stupid Can You Get. Douglas Milburn, on the suicidal attackers of America.
How Stupid Can You Get, Part 2. Douglas Milburn. The hidden dangers of Realpolitik.
How the Terrorist Screen Center Is Going to Solve the Unemployment Problem. Need a job> Check out the TSC's new career path.
Human History in One Easy Lesson. Joey Ancaster explains it all--or at least most of it--in 10 cartoon panels.
Imperial I.D. Card. Our own modest proposal in the War on Terrorism.
Imperialists! Tyrants! Dictators! Theocrats! U Rate 'Em. Jason Twinhaft.
Inaner and Inaner: Pick Your Favorite Dufus. Morsels of human wisdom, then and now, for you to rate.
Interregnum or Neoregnum? Anna-Marie Quave on American democracy, past, present, and future.
Irrational Non-Exuberance. Doc Cuddy despairs of both the Republicans and the Republic.
Is It Dictatorship Yet? Doc Cuddy's handy little checklist.
Is It Fascism Yet? A checklist to help you keep up with how things are going, Bush-wise.
Is Your Nation's Leader an Extra-terrestrial in Disguise? Maurice Fitznuggly.
It Really Is the Economy, Stupid. Katherine Ozanic on the reflections in the recently formed Lake George, Louisiana, and, well, compassion.
It's the Education, Stupid! Why 0.2951 is the Magic American Number, by Elinor Hoefs.
It's the SEX, Stupid! Elinor Hoefs. Lewinsky, etc. one more time.
It's the Stupidity, Stupid. Douglas Milburn tries to understand voter behavior in the red states.
IYOOB. Our proposed new, patriotic calendar for dating world history.
Je n'accuse pas: Us and Scapegoats. Doc Cuddy tries to figure out whose fault IT is.
Johnny Got What? Elinor Hoef reminds us of Dalton Trumbo's shocking war novel.
Just Say No to Tasteless Dubya Jokes! Ora Shay. Our token Republican's second column.
Just 16 Words? Our public service bumper sticker to help us remember why we invaded Iraq.
KAF! KAF! Let Us Prey. Doc Cuddy looks for--and finds--some hope in this belligerent world.
Karl Rove, Machiavelli, and Me. Doc Cuddy predicts Karl Rove's next move to get his boss out of all these messes.
The King of the Earth. Lulu Dilworth on the world's reversion to monarchy, under guess-who.
Lachrimae (with midi, 2:44). Thomas Cole plus Thomas Dowland.
Lascaux Redux: The Origin of Sub-Species. Reppy Toppenish.
Leadership Then and Now. Washington Correspondent Joel Fluker puts the current batch of American leaders in historical perspective.
The Legacy of George W. Bush.
Lest We Forget. A brief, factual reminder of the rocky road one son of privilege has traveled.
"The Little King, An American Fairy Tale," by Henry Bob Kulup. Read it and weep.
The Madness of King George: Folie à deux cents millions. Doc Cuddy does a psychiatric work-up on a certain prominent individual.
The Magellan's Log Presidential I.Q. Test.
The Magellan's Log Reality-perception Test (MLRT). 20 questions to help you decide if you're in tune with the new reality.
The Magellan's Log Short Supplement to Roget's Thesaurus of the English Language.
The Magellan's Log Unofficial Operation TIPS Checklist. Now you too can squeal on your neighbor.
Mars II: The Bill and George Show. Doc Cuddy on the Gates and Bush reading habits.
Me and the Archie Bunker Syndrome. Sawyer Brown. Truth in voting.
Megalomaniacs Anonymous. The tell-all confession of a recovering megalomaniac.
Metapathy in Action. Doc Cuddy on a nation of sheep.
Midland's Own Boy George. Ora Shay. Words of praise for Dubya in time of war.
The Millennium Project. Our modest proposal for finding a solution to the problem of human violence.
Mind Check. Have your perceputal abilities been damaged by government propaganda?
The Mind of George W. Bush. Doc Cuddy on George W. Bush as a product of deep West Texas.
Misothamnisty! Our diagnostic quiz to help you cope with George II.
Mocking America. Douglas Milburn crafts a reply to American tyranny.
A Modest Solution. Douglas Milburn. The Magellan's Log plan for fixing Iraq.
Mojo for the Modern Age. Edward Hothi discovers the source of Bush-power.
Monsters, Inc. Lulu Dilworth. First Robespierre, then James Baker. Now what?
Mother Jones in the Gloaming. A hopeful visit to her grave, with 10 photos.
The Next Big Thing: The Tragic Irony Behind the Present American Administration. Doc Cuddy.
The New Revised Ten Commandments. The Big Guy in the Sky speaks directly to Karl Rove.
News & Opinion Links. Sites to help you find out what's really going on.
9-11 Redux. A True-life Story of Arab Anger and Punishment and a Theory About What Happened to Osama bin Laden and What’s About to Happen to Saddam Hussein.
Noblesse Oblige in the Permian Basin. Ora Shay on Bush vs. the media barbarians.
November 2, 2004 and the Dictatorship of Deceit. Joel Fluker.
Nudge-nudge, Wink-wink. A few good political mags on-line.
Number Sense. A few revealing statistics about American governance, 2001-2004.
The Office of Linguistic Purity. The administration's proposal to purify The American Language.
The Official Magellan's Log 2005-2009 Survival Checklist. What to do if he wins a second terms.
The Oilman's Burden. Rudyard Kipling updated for the new empire.
Oil Patch Sage. Midland correspondent Ora Shay's latest praise for George W. Bush.
Oligarchy Now! Lulu Dilworth's checklist to get you in tune with the new times.
One Picture Is Worth 200,000,000 Words. A graph of war deaths through the centuries.
On Leadership. Doc Cuddy. A crisis report card for our expensive pols in D.C.
On Leadership. Doc Cuddy bemoans the lack thereof.
An Open Letter to Saddam Hussein. Ora Shay, our token Republican, tries to help the Iraqi leader out of a tight spot.
Ora Does New York! Ora Shay, our token Republican, on her experiences at the 2004 Republican Convention.
Ora Shay's Fan Mail. Our Token Republican columnist gets letters.
Ora Shay's Sure-fire Headache Remedy. Our token Republican's 13th column is devoted to a defense of her all-time favorite president.
The Other F-word. A little test to help you be sure our leaders aren't drifting toward, well, you know, f - scism.
Our Leaders Speak: The Wit and Wisdom of the Bush Administration Faced with the Largest Natural Disaster in American History.
Out of the Mouths of Babes. Doc Cuddy on Clinton Boisvert and unacknowledged American fear.
Ozymandias, the Sequel. Sic transit gloria Bush (with apologies to Shelley).
Pagans Attack Our President. Token Republican Ora Shay's 12th column...
Partsalot. Jerden Purmort, trying to understand the coming plutocracy, analyzes Republican hair.
PAX NOVUM. The peace symbol revised for the 21st century. Slideshow with midi (2:20).
Peace Profits and War Wounds. Douglas Milburn. The real cost of war at home.
The People's Republic of America??? Doc Cuddy's worried about the Bill of Rights.
Permian Basin Blues. Token Republican Ora Shay on George W. Bush's latest problems.
Plant a Seed in the Desert. Our small contribution to international consciousness-raising.
The Poison of Power. Joel Fluker on how we got into this mess, and how we may get out.
Prig Presidents & Forgotten Revolutions. Robert Lonoke on 1789 and... us!
Pseudo-Texans and Other Fake Cowboys I Have Known. Doc Cuddy.
P.T.B.D. The Post-Traumatic Bush Disorder, our proposed modest addendum to the DSM catalog of mental problems.
Public Service Bumpersticker. Print, clip, and paste if you've don't quite understand the need to erase Iraq.
Repub Braintrust Memo Intercepted!
Re-starting the Third Millennium: A Petition to Save the Planet Earth.
Revolution No. 2? Anna-Marie Quave tries to see a peaceful, positive way out of the present political mess.
Right Words: A Checklist for Conservative Readers. Jerden Purmort.
Rove v. Rave. Pedro Bofecillos takes out after the anti-fun people presently running America (and the world).
Rude Republicans? Oh my! Rightist rep Ora Shay defends her (and out) leaders, again.
R U Vaginally Challenged? Doc Cuddy compares horny young Muslims and repressed American politicians.
S.A.A.F.J: A Tale of Henry Kissinger and My Favorite Fly Swatter. Ora Shay.
Scoop! World's first photos of new U.S. Ambassador's residence in Chad.
75 Years' War. Robert Lonoke looks at almost a century of war.
Secondary Colors. Lulu Dilworth. Our take on Joe Klein's Primary Colors.
The Secret Republican Plan for the 2004 Election.
Seeing Dubya Double. Doc Cuddy wonders who we're seeing when we see Dubya.
Separated at Birth? Our solution, with visual proof, to the problem of the origins of the bizarre behavior of current American leaders.
The 17th Hole at Sawgrass. Lulu Dilworth takes golf as metaphor and finds hope for the American electorate.
Silver Linings for America. Ora Shay, token Republican, looks on the bright side.
Skipping the 21st Century. Lulu Dilworth asks permission to be excused for 100 years.
Soft Talk. Ora Shay analyzes the masterful rhetorical style of the present administration.
A Song of War. The Iraqi war song, with inspired lyrics by John Robbins.
Spare Change. Joel Fluker. A congressional shopping list for any billions left over after the bailouts.
Springtime in America! Token Republican Ora Shay's 16th column, and it is, as she might say, a sidewinder.
Stirrings of Empire. Arthur Seymour Sullivan vs. George Walker Bush. With midi.
Suddenly, Next Summer. Cassandra, on the post-Bush era.
Summing It Up. Chardo Blue Plains on what it all means, Alfie.
A Tale of Two Icons. Pedkop Bumbera. The 2000 election explained through car design.
Ta-ta, La-la Land! Ora Shay, Token Republican, has at California.
T.B.+P.K.=2004! Our proposal for the ideal running mates in the 2004 presidential election.
Texas Atonement. Jerden Purmort suggests an act of contrition for the two Bush regimes.
Texas Daddies. Joel Fluker explains Dubya and Dubya's forebears and how they came to rule the world (that means us).
Texas Karma. Doc Cuddy. A couple of visual aids to clarify where things stand metaphysically in the old Lone Star State.
The Texas Problem and What to Do About It. The staff of Magellan's Log comes up with the answers.
Thanks a Lot, Dubya! Ora Shay. Our token Republican columnist is so grateful.
THEM vs. US. vs. HER. Bloce Kaibab on politics and hubris.
Thinkers Anonymous. Free membership card in our new organization for those who think too much (or at all).
Thinking the Unthinkable. Herman Kahn's "escalation ladder."
Tidying Up America: The Secret Republican Budget Plan for the Next 4 Years.
Timothy Leary's Last Laugh. Edward Hothi on how American wound up being run by nitwits.
Today's Obscene Statistic. (See for yourself.)
To Flee or Not to Flee. Doc Cuddy on the coming American exodus.
Tongue Guns. Doc Cuddy on "the half-hidden subtext behind talk radio."
Toxicity and Incompetence. Doc Cuddy on the source of poison in American society.
2002 American Election Results. Our one-sentence analysis pretty well wraps it up.
2028 and All That. A calendar celebrating the 25th anniversary of the American Empire.
The Ugliest, Meanest, Most Vicious* Crossword Puzzle Ever Made About George W. Bush. *And Also the Truest.
The United States: R.I.P. If worse comes to worst, we have our front page ready for November 3, 2004.
The U.S. of E. An uplifting secret memo from the desk of Donald Rumsfeld.
US Vs. THEM. Cheki Boggus on the roots of human conflict.
Victory in Iraq Day! Jerden Purmort and Douglas Huang celebrate.
Vietnam / Iraq: Quotations from Another War, 1961-1995.
Voting Patterns. Herbert Lehnert on the puzzling behavior of the American electorate.
Waiting for the Reichstag Fire. Doc Cuddy despairs of the present bunch in Washington and looks to the past for help.
The War of Art. Pedro Bofecillos on the art of the war novel, and why you might want to read Gabe Hudson's Dear Mr. President.
The War on Errorism. Joel Fluker gives us a new word to desribe the domestic behavior of the present American government.
Welcome back, history! Doc Cuddy harshly chides the young and middle-aged greedy.
What Changed? In 9-11 Cassandra sees her usual doom- and- gloom, but some hope too.
What, Me Wise??? The fatal flaw of capitalism (as now practiced).
What Price Empire? Lulu Dilworth on why now is like the summer of 1914.
Why Bill Bradley's Gonna Be the Next President. Doc Cuddy.
Why Dubya Can't Lose. Ora Shay.
Wings of Song: Letter to a Young Friend in a Time of War. Sawyer Brown.***
The World According to Tom DeLay. Quotes to live by.
The World's Biggest Tie. Doc Cuddy. What the voters really meant on Nov. 7.
"W.W.D.D." Our latest bumper sticker, which stands for "What Would Dubya Do?"
Why Bother? Jason Twinhaft on how to be a good citizen in triumphalist America.
Wrong Thinking and the Current American Mess. Doc Cuddy.

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