The Retort

All articles by Mike Schrage

• Scraping the Barrel: Rants, Raves, and Short Takes – The Ramblings of a Madman

  Standup comedy is too hard; I much prefer to sit down.

• Scraping the Barrel: The People Versus Lee Greenwood

  Lee, whose 1984 effort became the theme of the Gulf War, really isn’t living up to the promises he made.

• Muhammad Executed

  A dramatic solution to sniping in the DC Beltway.

• Scraping the Barrel: The Final Death of Optimistic Nonsense

  Mike's parents got a ‘C’ in parenting. If that’s good enough to graduate college, it’s good enough to spawn.

• Montana Court upholds Parents Rights for Homosexuals

  A Montana woman is granted visitation rights to two adopted children she cared for within the confines of a same-sex union.

• American Police Force Done

  The American Police Force withdrew its request to operate a Montana prison.

• Canada Versus Big Tobacco

  The city of Ottawa is moving closer to filing a lawsuit against tobacco corporations.

• Scraping the Barrel: Once More with Feeling

  Cynical, bitter, and approaching 30, Mike Schrage looks back on his youth, wasted on wine, women, and travel.

• Obama’s Speech to Schoolchildren

  President Barack Obama made a speech that has drawn a fair amount of unexpected criticism around the nation.