Now that the Fair has come and gone, Caleb questions himself on his decision to remain fair-free after a youth filled with cotton candy-filled fantasies played out in real life.

When Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to serve on the Supreme Court, the right-wing picked up on anything they could to try to keep her off. Caleb thinks it wasn’t “wise.”

The next time you think about your good fortune from living in a stable city during the recession, think a bit more about how and why we got here. It’s not just the decent beers in downtown bars.