When Capitalists Become Socialists
The Buffalo Bills, an NFL franchise valued at a whopping $2.27 billion, demands taxpayers subsidize the construction of their new football stadium.
Read MoreAuto Racing Coming to Las Vegas? I’m leaving Town.
The blistering orange-coned streets of Las Vegas are about to be filled with speeding cars, reckless maneuvering, plumes of smoke, and serious danger for those walking the sidewalks. Wait. Isn’t that basically any Las Vegas street on a Friday night?
With substantial fanfare, it’s just been announced a big auto race will happen here in 2023. Basically, everything around The Strip will be crowded and completely impassable. Like I said….a typical Friday night.
Read MoreThe Death of Comedy
The biggest loser in the now-infamous punchslap seen-’round-the-world thrown at the Oscars on Sunday night wasn’t Will Smith, nor the Academy Awards. The biggest loser was comedy. More precisely, stand-up comedy.
Comedy might be dead given what happened. Real comedy. Freewheeling comedy. Ad-lib comedy. Impromptu comedy. All dead.
Read MoreMy Annual Love to Hate Meter
What’s this, you ask?
Well, it’s been a while since I posted one of these, which is a rundown of my “best things” in the whole universe to “worst things” rankings.
The things I love are at the top, then it goes from bad to worse. You get the picture.
(Ranked 1-100 from Best to Worst)
Read MoreWho Most Deserves a Thorough Historical Revision?
AN UNCONVENTIONAL CONVENTION — EDITION 188
Name a famous person who deserves a thorough historical reexamination and revision.
Read MoreDo they Teach History at the University of Florida?
The University of Florida Apparently Thinks Karl Marx was a Russian
Read MoreA Question About the Oscars (and Similar Events with Older Legends)
Is there a point where someone simply doesn’t belong on stage anymore?
Read MoreMemories of the Turks
I have to share this photo of my former superior, which is really cool. She granted me permission to do so.
Read MoreAbout the Oscars (2022)
It’s Oscar night. And the social media universe is lit up with inflammatory comments from the “I don’t care” crowd.
Read MoreA Rare Act of Political Courage
Sometimes we find courage and compassion when and where we least expect it.
Courage in politics is so rare as to be capricious. We’re shocked when we see it.
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