The Left vs. the Gag Reflex

Comedy was on my mind last week, for three coincidental reasons. Reason No. 1: Jowly failed 1980s stand-up “comedian” Dana Gould called me a Holocaust denier. I was commenting in a Twitter thread about how Gould is the guy who killed The Simpsons (he took over as executive producer in the 2000s and fans generally agree that under his watch the ...


The Myth of Shock Value

The unfortunately named Nadra Kareem Nittle recently penned a popular article instructing the ignorant about how to deal with "€œracist"€ relatives. The article was so gay that I couldn"€™t finish it, but it brought up a much ...

A Convergence of Colossal Coincidences

When news broke on September 11, 2012 that an American embassy and consulate were besieged it was distressing. It only became alarming when the White House and American news organizations reported that the date’s significance was ...

Twisted Sistas

Who needs a Narnia-style wardrobe when you can drop into an alternate universe just by visiting the drugstore? I simply stand in the hair-care aisle, facing an escarpment of shampoos, conditioners, gels, and sprays with brand names ...

10 Things the Left Gets Right

Liberals are not idiots. They"€™re just like you were when you first moved out of your parents"€™ house. It's like their research is cryogenically frozen right before Google was invented. However, unlike extremist Muslims and ...

A Short Guide to Leftist Conspiracy Theories

Wallowing in their feelings of superiority over the tinfoil-helmet brigade, the enlightened establishment enjoys tittering over right-wing bumpkins who supposedly believe in conspiracy theories. With apologies to Richard Hofstadter, I ...

Smut on the Mountie

Since women (and not a few men) obviously love a man in uniform, where is all the porn featuring the Royal Canadian Mounted Police? Dirty cops are an X-rated staple, and "€œthe UPS guy"€ has almost driven the once-ubiquitous ...

Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins, Please Shut Up

Dear Henry Rollins, In a recent interview you expressed concern, like so many of our other socially conscious celebrities, that the so-called “War on Women” was slowing the wheels of progressive permissiveness. It caused me ...

The Corporate Personhood Delusion

Across the nation, the question resounds: “Are corporations people?” To a man of strict political principles this is obviously a yes or no question. But I’ve never been afflicted with anything resembling political ...

Benjamin

Who Wants War With Iran?

Appearing alongside CIA Director David Petraeus before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence last week, James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, said of Iran: “We don’t believe they’ve actually made ...


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