Best Thing I’ve Read Today

Jan 9, 2021 | Politics

Randall Lane, chief content officer and editor of Forbes, issues a warning to any company that hires Trump’s foremost liars and apologists (Kayleigh McEnany, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Jennifer Grisham, Sean Spicer, Kellyanne Conway)… From Day One at the...

Two Days After

Jan 8, 2021 | Blog

A few more thoughts about the ongoing crisis following the coup attempt at the US Capitol on Wednesday… Impeaching Trump for a second time will be as ineffective as it was the first time, unless Chuck Schumer can convince 17 Republican senators to go along (and...

An Updated “Mr. Smith Goes To Washington”

Jan 8, 2021 | Movies, Politics

Here’s some sample dialogue from a modern remake of the Frank Capra classic. “Look!!” “What?” “It’s the Capitol Dome!” “So?” “Let’s go break in and replace the Stars and Stripes with a Trump...

The Day After

Jan 7, 2021 | Blog, Politics

During the Civil Rights era, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover ordered agents to infiltrate Martin Luther King’s organization and others to monitor activities and get inside information about what was being planned. Throughout its history, the bureau has done...

Best Thing I’ve Seen Today

Jan 6, 2021 | Picture of the Day

MSNBC’s Joy Reid on how the domestic terrorists who attacked the Capitol today would have been treated if they were...

Worst Movies Of 2020

Jan 6, 2021 | Movies

Earlier this week, I posted my list of the Best Movies Of 2020, as well as The Next Ten Movies. Now it’s time to go to the other end of the spectrum, where really bad films live. Note that these are all movies I was looking forward to seeing and expected to be...