Tim Weaver

Tim Weaver is a young writer born, raised, and living in Chicago, Illinois. He has written about politics and sports online since 1998. He has a degree in creative writing from Columbia College Chicago. Currently, he is working on his first feature length crime/thriller novel entitled "The Valley."

Tim Weaver's blog is Not So Subtle.

Posts by Tim Weaver
5 Comments / Thursday, August 7th, 2008

This week in 1945 we let the clown out of the box. I’d like to be one of the first to wish happy birthday to the most destructive weapons that the world has ever known.

No Comments / Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

The feud between Chicago Sun Times sportswriter Jay Mariotti and Ozzie Guillen has been well documented. Notable Guillen quotes regarding Jay Mariotti include calling him a garbage, and a faggot. Both of these comments provoked an outrage from the media and prompted an apology from the White Sox manager. Nevermind the fact that Ozzie was […]

No Comments / Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Today Paris Hilton entered the foray of the presidential election. She was responding to an ad by John Mccain that likened Obama to vapid, celebrity starsluts, herself included. The reason why she’s upset is because her uber-wealthy hotel franchise family has backed Mccain’s campaign with a good deal of money. I will not post her […]

No Comments / Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Immigration has been pushed to the back-burner thus far during the election due to rising concerns about the economy. This is a sad fact, because Mexican immigration has a direct effect on our national economy. But even as we speak a gigantic border fence is being erected that will deter illegal aliens from entering the […]

5 Comments / Thursday, July 31st, 2008

While I am not nearly as excited about Barack Obama as most of my peers are, I am for one, thrilled about the sense of urgency and interest his campaign has created in an entire generation of young Americans. I can think of no better example of this enthusiasm than Andrew Breen.

No Comments / Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

You can talk all you want about China at the core being a Communist country, or its recent embrace of capitalism, but deep down, beneath all of its layers, its posturing, its complexity, it’s very plain to see that China is being run by a Fascist regime.

1 Comment / Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Kathryn Jean Lopez is the National Review’s resident outrage artist. Today she penned a column that rips into the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi who has a new book that just came out called Know Your Power.

2 Comments / Monday, July 28th, 2008

I let my experience and judgment make up my mind, not affiliation. So trust me when I say that I came to this conclusion purely based on observation: that when it comes to politics, liberals are much nicer people than conservatives.

No Comments / Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

You may remember a few weeks ago that John Mccain challenged Barack Obama to go and visit Iraq, in order to get a better understanding of the war, and see the dangers of withdrawal.
I thought at the time that this was a foolish move. There was very little that Mccain could possibly gain from the […]

24 Comments / Monday, July 21st, 2008

The Dark Knight is not a political film. Rather, I should say that it is not JUST a political film. It has a lot to say, but here’s what it has to say about America’s War on Terror.

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