Best Film of the Year? (Movie Review: “The Theory of Everything”)
Read MoreStephen Hawking is the shocking incongruity of a scintillating mind cradled within a helpless body.
An Open Challenge to Blanche Lincoln and the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling (CSIG)
Read MoreIn her utterly embarrassing and thoroughly discredited appearance on Mike Huckabee’s FOX News program earlier this week, former Sen. Blanche Lincoln made our task way too easy. The former senator from Arkansas made so many inaccurate statements and committed such a multitude of factual blunders that conspiracy theorists might reasonably suspect she’s actually a plant working for the other side. She was that bad.
Now that Thanksgiving’s Over, Let the Greed Stampede Begin!
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Black Friday is the most grotesque holiday ever invented by humankind. It’s a collective manifestation of hysterical mobs and mass greed, a corporatist conspiracy designed to cattle prod America into a chaotic buying frenzy. It’s an outlandish propaganda campaign intended to cage even greater numbers of Americans deeper into debt. It’s the unscrupulous grand design of the evil axis that exists between banks, retailers, and advertisers to guarantee that the working class stays in hock up to their fucking eyeballs.
How to Survive Your Family Thanksgiving Dinner
Read MoreHere’s a list of the hot topics most likely to come at Thanksgiving Dinner this year, along with my recommendations on what to say versus what not to say.
America’s Best and Worst Major Airports
Read MoreJust in time for the holiday travel season, here’s my list of America’s best and worst major airports.
The Ferguson Verdict
Read More“The safest road to hell is the gradual one-the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts….”
— C.S. Lewis (The Screwtape Letters)
The Proper Way to Engage Me in Conversation
Read MoreI’m busy.
I don’t have time for small talk.
When you approach me, get straight to the point and wrap it up within a reasonable amount of time. Is that too much to ask?
The Difference Between Being Good and Great (Movie Review: “Whiplash”)
Read MoreWhat’s the biggest difference between being merely good versus great?
For Many, These Are The Worst of Times
Read MoreYesterday’s column contended these are “the best of times” for most of the world’s population. Today’s column provides a persuasive counterargument.
Are These the Best of Times or the Worst of Times?
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,
it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,
it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity,
it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness,
it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.
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