{"id":256,"count":35,"description":"Political Amusements, or Not!<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nOriginally we wrote that these irregular musings aren\u2019t easily described, then realized the high risk of inviting easy descriptions. Let us just note that so far, this grab bag has been totally inept at recruiting the influence of cascading conglomerates, whether owners or advertisers, and does not enjoy largess from being in the pocket of a political party\u2019s well-heeled leadership. Corruption, influence peddling by the big money and engineered dysfunction are often unavoidable tangents. Such a broken system, who would bother, but for occasional glimmers of hope? A Hobson\u2019s Choice now and then, perhaps a snipe hunt for Washington DC\u2019s moral high ground.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nThis is not an open invite for PR companies pushing their clients\u2019 brilliance, but for T-Boy readers and contributors who\u2019d like to express a well-thought-out viewpoint on our interesting times. If you\u2019d like to throw us a pontification for consideration, send it to Skip Kaltenheuser<\/a>. Political topics relevant to travel are welcome, but as you can see from the past menu we\u2019re very free-ranging\u2026\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_18418\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"850\"]\"Bipartisanship, Bipartisanship, by Nancy Ohanian[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThese money-back guarantee scribbles comprise a kitchen sink that keeps getting thrown about. Perhaps a topic or two might be of interest. Given the tangents,\u00a0most include themes with an\u00a0ever-green shelf-life. If nothing else, you might enjoy frequent appearances of dagger-sharp political art, courtesy of the kindness of Nancy Ohanian<\/a>, who\u2019s just published one of the most mischievous coffee table books that will cross your path: Between The Tweets, Editorial Cartoons by Nancy Ohanian<\/a>.<\/span><\/i>\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nRead \u2018em and weep.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nFor more on politics, see below:","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/category\/politics\/","name":"Politics","slug":"politics","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"yoast_head":"\nPolitics Archives - Traveling Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/category\/politics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Politics Archives - Traveling Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Political Amusements, or Not! Originally we wrote that these irregular musings aren\u2019t easily described, then realized the high risk of inviting easy descriptions. Let us just note that so far, this grab bag has been totally inept at recruiting the influence of cascading conglomerates, whether owners or advertisers, and does not enjoy largess from being in the pocket of a political party\u2019s well-heeled leadership. Corruption, influence peddling by the big money and engineered dysfunction are often unavoidable tangents. Such a broken system, who would bother, but for occasional glimmers of hope? A Hobson\u2019s Choice now and then, perhaps a snipe hunt for Washington DC\u2019s moral high ground. This is not an open invite for PR companies pushing their clients\u2019 brilliance, but for T-Boy readers and contributors who\u2019d like to express a well-thought-out viewpoint on our interesting times. If you\u2019d like to throw us a pontification for consideration, send it to Skip Kaltenheuser. 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