If fear is their lifeblood, why didn’t Trump and the Republican Party embrace the Coronavirus?
Do you remember the migrant caravans? How can you not, right? You barely escaped with your life! In 2018 and …
Category Archives: Journal
If Only Elizabeth Warren Would Sit Down and Shut Up — Then She Would Be Perfect!
Telemachus is a figure in Greek mythology, the son of Odysseus and Penelope, and a central character in Homer’s Odyssey. The first four books of the Odyssey focus on …
When Dave Chappelle tried to make a room full of people laugh at me, it backfired, and they laughed at him. But I’m not laughing.
Yesterday, I had lunch with a good friend at a restaurant in New York that shares a bathroom with the …
Why We Need To Put Pizzazz in Impeachment (and Rebuild America’s Educational System)
Shortly after the world changed on November 8, 2016, one of my no-longer-friends enthusiastically declared that we finally had a …
Tarantino’s Love Letter to Trump
During his 2016 Presidential campaign, Donald Trump recycled a campaign slogan used several times before (by Ronald Reagan and Bill …
How Madonna Became Gaga (and Gaga Became Stefani)
In 2010, Camille Paglia wrote an essay for The Sunday Times entitled “What’s Sex Got To Do With It?” Despite …
Not Ready to Make Nice
I was told not to write this. I was told not to “pick a fight.” I was told to be …
“Mom, I am a rich man.”
I have daddy issues. My father was detached and disinterested (at best) for most of my childhood and adolescence before …
Why Shrill Sabotages Its Own Empowerment Message
(If you plan to watch Shrill and care about spoilers, definitely don’t read this until after you’ve caught up.) Shrill, …
The Problem with ‘A Star Is Born’
Warning: SPOILERS. Bradley Cooper and and Lady Gaga in a scene from A Star is Born, which Bradley Cooper also …
