T.S. Swanky: “Darwin was Right About Health Care”
By T.S. Swanky, The Pacific’s confused conservative When liberals say they value scientific theories like evolution and “global warming,” what they mean is that they like liberal science, the kind…
Rumple Oxbridge: “Trump’s ‘major, major’ getting tough with the Koreas”
By Rumple Oxbridge, radical rhymer The president says diplomacy is “very difficult” so we may have a “major, major conflict” [war] (lots of majors, lots of gore) with Koreans of…
The New Liberal Spirit of Poetry
By John Kaufman For most of the 20th Century, the biggest political battle in the world of poets and poetry revolved around questions of craft: modernism vs. formalism, free verse vs.…
Riverboat Sam: “Night Surfing Not a Brilliant Idea”
“We hear all our lives about the ‘gentle, stormless Pacific,’ and about the ‘smooth and delightful route to the Sandwich Islands,’ and about the ‘steady blowing trades’ that never vary,…
Pacific Follies: White House Explains Missing “Armada” and Unwisely Threatens North Korea Again
By John Kaufman, sole member of The Pacific’s Editorial Committee It turns out that what the Trump White House meant to say is that the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl…
