
Around The Horn: Climate, Fake Moderates, Gay Office Managers
A lot going on this week. Continue reading Around The Horn: Climate, Fake Moderates, Gay Office Managers
A lot going on this week. Continue reading Around The Horn: Climate, Fake Moderates, Gay Office Managers
The imperfect satire of “Don’t Look Up” and a society that needs to be better at dealing with major crisis. Continue reading America Is: Not Quite Seeing The Threats
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Fork In The Road
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Behind The Lines
A lazy-ish guide to some of the Oscar best picture nominees. Continue reading The I Didn’t See All Of Them Oscar Movie Reviews
A publisher’s note and the many voices of Paul Frees. Continue reading Album Cover Art: Paul Frees And The Poster People
Grifters gotta grift. Continue reading The $199.99 Man
Dave Chappelle, Elon Musk, Bari Weiss, and the rest of the “cancel culture” warriors are being exposed for what they are. Continue reading You Will Know Them By Their Bullshit
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: And Your Bird Can Sing
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: On Your Way Down
Cover art by Charles B. Slackman. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: The Further Adventures Of Larson E. Whipsnade
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: The Comedians
“No more credit from the liquor store, Suit is all dirty, boy. Shoes is all wore.” Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Advance Romance
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Smokestack Lightning
Songs can be interpreted to mean many things, but the 1971 country-rock hit One Toke Over The Line is not a “modern spiritual”. It’s about just what you think it’s about. Continue reading One Toke Over The Line
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Alone At Midnight
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Only The Lonely
More on the latest January 6 Committee hearing, which went from farce to fierce. Continue reading Freedonia On The Potomac
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Machine Messiah
Too many people clutching too many pearls these days. Continue reading Stop Clutching Your Pearls
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Going For The One
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Love Without Greed
Mockery is the best medicine. Continue reading The Quotable Zelensky
North to Alaska, go north, the comedy gold rush is on. Continue reading Calling Tina Fey
To Quote: “Boris Johnson’s buffoonery contrasts with the courageous leadership of President Zelensky. To compare a referendum to women and children fleeing Putin’s bombs is an insult to every Ukrainian. He is no Churchill: he is Basil Fawlty.”
Some thoughts on Boris Johnson, Basil Fawlty, and clowns running governments. Continue reading Fawlty Tory
You can tell a lot about people from looking at their priorities. Continue reading Where Are You Now, Jonah Ryan?
The comedy stylings of the late great Jonathan Winters, Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Here’s Jonathan
This week: The Godfather at 50, Ward McAllister, The Gilded Age, Lucy and Desi, and fictional presidents. Music by George Harrison Paul McCartney, Wille Nelson, The Waterboys, Utopia, Little Richard, Frank Zappa, James Taylor, and John Lennon. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: All Things Must Pass
Everything is pretty horrible right now. But there are some good things bubbling below the surface. Keep reading for a mid-week pick-me-up. There are little victories everywhere., Back in January I wrote about the issues the new governor of Virginia, Governor Fleece Vest, I mean Glenn Youngkin, was going to face and how they were rooted in his own deficiencies as a politician and as a human being. And, as I predicted, his executive order eliminating all mask mandates was overturned by the state supreme court because in Virginia governors do not have the power to undo legislation by fiat. … Continue reading Hire A Clown, Expect A Circus
In which Adrastos kicks Jimmy Carr around for kicking down. Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: Jimmy Carr