The Culture War Battle of Covington
I’ve wanted to write about the Covington students for days, but couldn’t seem to find the best angle to approach the story. Every time I’d put it off for a…
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The Angry Mob
This week, we moved past the Kavanaugh confirmation and directly into the helpless rage left in its wake. The result? This bit of comedy gold. A couple of thoughts on…
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Celebrity Makes Shocking Comment About Political Figure, Gets Fired
Normally, this would be a “man bites dog” story except that the celebrity in question was insulting Democrats. Hollywood will tolerate a great deal of bad behavior from its own. …
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Saturday Night’s Alright For…Reconciling?
I’ve been following a string of recent stories that have me wondering if a shift is underway. Specifically, I wonder if comedy is actually going to focus on being funny…
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Don’t Take Lindsey To Karaoke
In case you missed it, the guy that got his lunch money taken from him routinely in school, and now has more money than scruples, got sent to the principal’s…
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Opinions And Other Body Parts
When asked what the founders were up to at Independence Hall, Benjamin Franklin replied ,“A Republic, if you can keep it.” Part of keeping it is staying informed and paying attention,…
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The End of the Alt-Right?
Regardless of how long the Alt-Right wants to putter along to its ultimate defeat at a symbolic Appomattox Court House, there shouldn’t be any question that Charlottesville represents its Pickett’s…
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The Most Trashed Name in News
While on vacation last week, I caught the news about Trump’s Twitter attack against The Morning Joe hosts and regretted that I wasn’t able to write about it at the…
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Kathy Griffin Loses Mind, Job
I’m really not surprised that Kathy Griffin posed for a photo symbolizing an Islamic extremist beheading of President Trump. What did surprise me was that she apologized and CNN fired…
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Science: Journalists Are Mentally Deranged Drunks
I loved this study so much when I saw it and laughed so heartily, I was certain that it was a product of The Daily Currant or maybe The Onion.…
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