My mother abandoned her family, leaving my broken and broken-hearted father to try his best to care for three young children while working full time. I was nine, my sister was seven and my brother was three. Whatever security and stability I had in my life was gone, all because the woman who bore me … Continue reading »
Friends, as I pointed out yesterday, many talentless, humorless scolds have decided they need to protect others from words and ideas. Thankfully, Trevor Noah has been spirited away to Offensive Island, a bit of land in the middle of the Pacific where he can live out his days marooned on a beach, thinking about his free … Continue reading »
A couple of months ago, Jon Stewart announced that he was stepping down from The Daily Show, a program he rescued from the doldrums of unfulfilled possibility. Over the course of the following decade-plus, The Daily Show became an institution, a go-to source for news about and analysis of our ailing society. After much debate, both inside … Continue reading »
The Duck Dynasty guy doesn’t like atheists. Whaaaaaaaaa? Continue reading »
HLN is knockin it out da park today with all of the important news! Did you know that Bruce Jenner bought a new house? And that a fish looks like a Star Wars dude? Continue reading »
Seriously. This is so craycray. Eva Mendes joked that sweatpants are, like, a big cause of divorce. Continue reading »
Not even kidding. Idina Menzel dyed her hair blonde. Now she looks just like Elsa from Frozen. Which makes sense. Because she sang the song from Frozen. Continue reading »
No. Way. Can you believe that Kylie Jenner wore a workout outfit or something? Yahoo!’s Taryn Ryder reports that Kylie knelt on a balcony. Continue reading »
You thought Community was dead, didn’t you? The show has been written off several times because it requires a little more of the audience than just staring at a screen. You never need to worry about Kardashians going away: See? You don’t even have to move your eyeballs! You don’t learn anything! Your mind and … Continue reading »
We’ve all read Ryan Boudinot’s cri de coeur in The Stranger. We’ve all read or participated in Facebook discussions about the piece. There have been many responses. I don’t agree with everything the gentleman said, but I’ve been a little surprised by the homogeneity of the response. (Salon‘s Laura Miller offered a guarded defense of Boudinot’s thoughts.) Most … Continue reading »