Category Archives: Culture

On This Thanksgiving Day

We should give special thanks for our good fortune in having had James Madison as the principal architect of our Constitutional order. It was James Madison who was largely responsible for creating the elaborate system of checks and balances that … Continue reading

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Arrival: They’re Here…

Arrival is not your ordinary Alien Invasion Flick. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, its central premise is that communication is the key to understanding. In this it has more in common with films like Close Encounters of the Third Kind than … Continue reading

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Failure of the Elites

Donald Trump is going to spend the next two months taking a crash course in how to be President. Let’s hope he studies his Cliff Notes carefully. He’s going to need them. The headline on the front page of the … Continue reading

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The Koon-ut-kal-if-fee

As all Trekkies know, about every 7 years or so Vulcans experience an overwhelming hormonal imbalance known as pon farr that subjects them to an overpowering desire to mate. It can often lead to a marriage proposal. But Vulcans can … Continue reading

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Enough of the Sanctimony Already

It is perfectly obvious that Donald Trump is spectacularly unqualified to occupy the Oval Office. And roughly no one would be surprised to find there is serious proof that he is in fact a serial predator. And it ought to … Continue reading

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Dylan Wins the Nobel Prize for Literature

The long predicted death of rock and roll seems to have been delayed yet again.   Yes, Bob Dylan deserves the Nobel Prize https://t.co/ILYo5d4AOV via @WSJ — Joe Benning (@songspots) October 14, 2016   JFB

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The Depravity of Mr. Trump

The GOP has gone into full panic mode with the latest revelation of Donald Trump’s depravity, a fragment of which is on the video below. In the wake of widespread revulsion following the latest bombshell reported by the Washington Post, … Continue reading

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Corruption and the House of Clinton

Corruption at the House of Clinton is not just about mere appearance. Corruption is vital to its existence, just as it was to Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall. That is why corruption trails the Clintons wherever they go. It is … Continue reading

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#Never Trump. Ever.

Donald Trump has now gone so far over the line that the excuse well has run dry. Here he is (below) suggesting that the only way to stop Hillary Clinton from nominating liberal Supreme Court Justices is to assassinate her. … Continue reading

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