Come Heller high water … It’s been more than three weeks since the Las Vegas slaughter. So is now the right time to have that talk we were all promised about gun control? Congress … hello? Mr. President … knock-knock, are you there? Just as I thought. Once again we fell … [Read more...]
It’s Auchtoon time: For some guys, it’s always the 1950s
Toon & Text by John Auchter In the 1960 film "The Apartment," CC Baxter (played by Jack Lemmon) is a bright and earnest young man trying to make a success of himself at a big insurance company in New York City. Baxter is single and lives in an apartment in the city near … [Read more...]
The future’s not so bright, according to the movies
I just watched “Blade Runner 2049” and loved it. But I have a question: Why are almost all movies about the future relentlessly grim (movie critics prefer the word “dystopian” because movie critics like you to think they’re smart by using big words when little words will do, but … [Read more...]
And this year’s inductees to the Rock n’ roll Hall of Shame include …
An NPR writer broke the rules this week by writing something with a pulse. By that I mean an opinion. (I saw the print edition, but if he read his piece on air, I’m sure he did so in a hushed voice, like he didn’t want to set off a nearby time bomb.) The writer’s name is … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water … the Trump is crazy edition
Come Heller high water … Trump’s true genius is his ability to constantly top himself with something ever more outrageous. Have you noticed? Just as you’re getting a good mad on about what he said yesterday, he says or does something stupider today, and you’re stuck with … [Read more...]
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