Karl Klockars

Between the transfer of Guantanamo Prisoners to the prison in Thompson, Illinois, and conversation today about Khalid Sheikh Mohammed possibly being tried there, I’ve had to endure a lot of handwringing and general, for lack of a better word, terror about what it would mean to have this guy “right in our back yard” as [...]

Preface:  Yes, I am blithering a tremendous amount about Vegas.  Yes, I will stop soon.  I just need to get it out of my system and then we’ll be fine.  I’m detoxing in 3 new inches of Chicago snow and you will forgive me my mental vacations back to the desert, won’t you?  Thank you. [...]

While the title implies some sort of graduate level thesis or in-depth study, 5 days of hazy observation of the Vegas landscape leaves me more than qualified to drop about a thousands words worth of science about capitalistic theory, gambling and sex, its effects on its surroundings and other things that sound terribly, terribly smart.  [...]

Before we begin today, how about a round of applause to Las Vegas for ditching that whole “embracing the family-friendly approach to tourism” thing and just completely embracing the fact that we all just need a place to go cut loose and get a little naughty or crazy or debaucherous.  The world never needed another [...]

You may (but likely didn’t) notice the radio silence coming from Camp Moi over the past ten days or so.  This is because we were living the decadent life in beautiful Las Vegas, and I was terrified that if I tweeted anything about it we would be summarily robbed by social media burglars.  I’m sure [...]

For about the last month or so, we’ve been wall-to-wall with flyers and commercials and ads and interviews and volunteers shoving pieces of paper in front of us at our El stops which are quickly balled up and thrown away.  People have been shaking babies and kissing asses and – well, something like that.  You [...]