The Heroine We Didn’t Deserve
So if you have yet to watch the penultimate Game of Thrones episode, and you have plans to, stop reading now. Also, make better use of your time, because it’s been several days. All the spoilers are ahead. Maybe even…
Doubling Down on Classroom Diddling
A lot of my conservative friends wrongly get the idea that I’m some kind of raging liberal. That’s completely bogus, so just to throw my right wing friends a bone (since I’m so hard on your favorite president), here’s an…
The Value in Boycotting Nike?
Boycotting has been a key instrument in the United States since we were still just called “the colonies.” All the way back to when the colonists said no more to cheap imported tea — you know, before they decided to…
A History of Non-Violence
Violence is about as American as apple pie or bad soccer. What true citizen of the red, white and blue doesn’t jump out of their seat and salute when they see it on the IMAX screen? Look, it’s a guy…
Raiders of the Lost Art…of Movie-Going
Growing up, one of my favorite things to do was going to the movies. It didn’t matter if it was with just my parents when I was a kid or with my friends/girlfriend as I got older. It was a…
Flat Earth and Folly: The Mind of Conspiracy Theorists
Do you ever get tired of falling off the edge of the earth? Sick of all your kids getting autism from vaccines? Ready to visit that 1969 moon landing sound stage? Well, grab some tinfoil, and follow me into the…
The Confusing Perspectives about Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s glorious diplomatic visit to the UK is in the history books. Did everyone see where a former Scottish First Minister released a statement that flatters his greatness? Just look at this pic of the enormous rally in the…
Disney Legends and Carl Barks
What makes an artist interesting? Is it art? Writing? Their ability to drown in alcohol while they create their work? I don’t know. But there’s a man who shunned all of this before Hunter S. Thompson even sharpened his first…
What’s Patriotic and What’s “Right”
As the Fourth of July comes and goes in America, we all witness an amazing phenomenon. Everyone in the nation become a red, white and blue spectacle to behold. Man, we become super patriots for a day or two! And…
LeBron James Needs No Apologies
Northern Ohio is no stranger to the strife of professional sports fandom. There are well-known nicknames for the gaffes and follies of cheering on teams in Cleveland: The Fumble, The Drive, The Shot, The Decision, Game 7, Game 7 once…