As noted in a previous post, North Carolina’s newest law is so ill-considered that it mandates the very thing is was supposedly meant to prevent. For example, the law (full text here) requires some men (complete with beards) to use … Continue reading
As you’ve no doubt heard, Donald Trump proposes to keep foreigners out of the country by building a high wall along the southern U.S. border. If you don’t think about it too hard, this might sound like a sensible idea, … Continue reading
Jackie and Dunlap ponder whether Trump is really as bad as Hitler, including the possibility that he might even be worse — a rich, Yankee Hitler. Some naughty four-through-six letter words here and there. Link: https://youtu.be/qRNne_45j7A by … Continue reading
(Update 2016 March 28: The McCrory administration has produced a press release seriously misrepresenting the import on the law. More in this later post.) (Update 2016 March 26: It turns out the new law also contains a provision canceling a … Continue reading
Pediatrician Aaron Carroll summarizes findings of a study on the behavior and other attributes of kids today versus 1972. The news is surprisingly good — not perfect, but better than many people might expect: Less use of tobacco and alcohol, … Continue reading
In this six-minute “New Rule” bit, Bill Maher manages to be pretty funny while calling for more empathy, that is, at least trying to be concerned about other people’s problems and not just the things that concern ourselves and our … Continue reading
Yet again John Oliver takes on a serious subject with combination of humor and a lot of solid factual information. This time the topic is Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. My brother Tom recommended this to me over a week … Continue reading
Ben Stein is probably best known as a deadpan comic actor. He played the economics teacher in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off who keeps calling “Bueller?” when taking roll, a lawyer helping Kramer prepare a living will on Seinfeld, and a … Continue reading
The Mel Brooks musical (based on the classic Mel Brooks film) The Producers is being updated. Here are some excerpts well worth a look: Link: https://youtu.be/OemqVWi_R0k by … Continue reading
The day before Super Tuesday (Mediocre Monday?) Jackie Broyles and Dunlap released this short video (running about 3 1/2 minutes) to plead with fellow Southerners not to vote for Donald Trump. If only they had spoken up louder and sooner! … Continue reading