Sep 14Spartacus Has Left the BuildingMitt Romney announced his plans to retire from the Senate, and he’ll take one of the last vestiges of GOP norms with him. To mark the occasion, let’s recall the moment Mitt stood, and stood alone, for what was right during Trump’s first impeachment. The following is an excerpt from…News3 min readNews3 min read
Apr 25Drunk HistoryThe Next Culture War Has Arrived and It Will Drive You to Drink Bud Light recently sent some beers to a transgender influencer named Dylan Mulvaney. Since this is America in 2023, when ethics and intellect are as watered-down as the beer in question, all hell broke loose. Vox: The…Drinking2 min readDrinking2 min read
Apr 25Tuck OffIn a move that has everyone from viewers to industry insiders asking, What the actual Tuck?, Fox News has parted ways with Tucker Carlson. The move is obviously connected to the tuck-load of cash Fox just lost in the Dominion lawsuit. Even with that tuck-ton payout, it’s a total mindtuck…Media2 min readMedia2 min read
Apr 8Tennessee Ya Later, AgitatorHere’s how it’s supposed to work. People vote for the representatives they want to see in government and then those elected officials serve their terms. The party with control of a political body is not supposed to expel other electees. Of course, we absolutely need some exceptions to this integral…Tennessee2 min readTennessee2 min read
Apr 6The Clarence Thomas PlaylistTwo Tickets To Paradise by Eddie Money Holiday by Madonna Travelin’ Man 1961 by Ricky Nelson Come Fly With Me by Frank Sinatra The Passenger by Iggy Pop Come Away With Me by Norah Jones Leaving on a Jet Plane by Peter Paul and Mary Road to Nowhere by Talking…Law1 min readLaw1 min read
Apr 4Arraign Drops Keep Falling on My HeadWe are in the same tent as the clowns and the freaks — that’s show business. — Edward R. Murrow You’re under arrest. And unlike the former president arraigned on Tuesday, you are not free to return to your normal life until proven guilty. The handcuffs the media shackled on…Politics3 min readPolitics3 min read
Mar 31Teflon GoneTrump is Indicted. Which Means We’ll Be Doing More Hard Time. — The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward Rikers. Teflon Don has finally shown a crack in the protective layer that prevented him from being forced to answer for his misdoings. Sadly, so too has cracked the much more porous layer that partially sealed our consciousness…Trump4 min readTrump4 min read
Mar 18We All Come Crumblin’ DownI saw John Mellencamp in SF last night. He’s 71 now, but the smoking has added a few years to that number. He’s always been a hit machine and a song writing savant, but what makes seeing him at this stage especially interesting is that so much of his early…2 min read2 min read
Oct 28, 2022The Bird Is FriedOh, what Elon strange trip it’s been. After months of top of the news wrangling, Elon Musk celebrated the purchase of the company he was essentially forced to buy with the tweet, “The bird is freed.” So why do I feel like our goose is cooked? Journalists make up a…Elon Musk3 min readElon Musk3 min read
Sep 19, 2022The Tears of a CrownWhat’s the big deal about the Queen? Here’s an idea. In History of the World, Part 1, Mel Brooks famously states, “It’s good to be the king.” After watching fictional shows like Game of Thrones and the coverage of the real life monarchy, it seems to me that royalty is…Queen2 min readQueen2 min read
