Jim Goad

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Jim Goad is the author of four books, including The Redneck Manifesto.He is the former editor of "ANSWER Me!" magazine and currently hosts jimgoad.net. Though many people find him to be beneath contempt, he sincerely claims he doesn't know what the big deal is. At various points he has found employment as a radio host, a country singer, and a cabdriver. He lives in Stone Mountain, Georgia.


Cultural Caviar

The Progressive Glossary

The Progressive Glossary

May 20, 2013

I’ve recently been made aware of a strange new tribe who refer to themselves

Scandal

The Bitter Taste of Richwine

The Bitter Taste of Richwine

May 13, 2013

Spring is in the air, which means that it’s time for another insane moral panic

Low Life

The Crying Rape Game

The Crying Rape Game

May 06, 2013

Meg Lanker-Simons, who I’ll presume hyphenates her surname to prove she’s

Zeitgeist

The Tolerance That Is Only Skin Deep

The Tolerance That Is Only Skin Deep

April 29, 2013

Country singer George Jones, who to my ears had the greatest voice ever

Oy Vey!

Let’s Hope the Next Bomber is a Liberal Journalist

Let’s Hope the Next Bomber is a Liberal Journalist

April 22, 2013

Observing the noxious media aftermath following last week’s Boston Marathon

Crime and Punishment

The Pro-Death Movement

The Pro-Death Movement

April 15, 2013

I once read that all societies throughout history were consistent in that they

Media

Language as an Assault Weapon

Language as an Assault Weapon

April 08, 2013

Come now, all ye tired, poor, and huddled masses of illegal immigrants and

Education

The Long Stomp Through the Institutions

The Long Stomp Through the Institutions

April 01, 2013

Why is it that those who pride themselves on slaughtering sacred cows always

Trending

The Irrational (Yet Perfectly Understandable) Nature of Blood Vengeance

The Irrational (Yet Perfectly Understandable) Nature of Blood Vengeance

March 25, 2013

On a sunny September afternoon when I was eight, I was standing on the concrete

Vile Bodies

The Selfishness of Virtue

The Selfishness of Virtue

March 18, 2013

As a blinkered young leftist back in the late 1980s, I subscribed to The Nation

Politics

Where Does Rand Stand?

Where Does Rand Stand?

March 11, 2013

Starting shortly before noon last Wednesday, the curly-haired and elfin-faced

Hate Speech

Lech Walesa’s Polish Sausage Fest

Lech Walesa’s Polish Sausage Fest

March 04, 2013

Lech Walesa, the burly and walrus-faced former union organizer and president of

Names

The Jacksun Also Rises

The Jacksun Also Rises

February 25, 2013

Ever since childhood I’ve heard that the blacks were good entertainers. As I

Africa

Perfectly Able to Kill

Perfectly Able to Kill

February 18, 2013

Double amputee Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been charged with murdering

Manhunt

The Strange Moral Compass of Christopher Dorner

The Strange Moral Compass of Christopher Dorner

February 11, 2013

Chris Dorner thinks he’s a highly moral individual. A crusader for justice. A

Oy Vey!

The Importance of Gender-Neutral Public Restrooms for Bisexual Space Aliens

The Importance of Gender-Neutral Public Restrooms for Bisexual Space Aliens

February 04, 2013

We’ve all been repeatedly told that gender is only a “social construct.” We

Scandal

Religion, Perversion, and Whiteness

Religion, Perversion, and Whiteness

January 28, 2013

Catholic-bashers worldwide have new reason to bask in schadenfreude at the

Crime

Martin Luther King’s Golden Legacy of Nonviolence

Martin Luther King’s Golden Legacy of Nonviolence

January 21, 2013

On Friday during a speech in Florida, slain civil-rights icon Martin Luther

Oy Vey!

From War Whoops to Whining

From War Whoops to Whining

January 14, 2013

As someone who honors the rich ’n’ noble tapestry of Native American

Television

Here Comes Honey Jigaboo Boo

Here Comes Honey Jigaboo Boo

January 07, 2013

Cable TV’s Oxygen channel was founded in part by Oprah Winfrey, but it

Tragedy

2012: The Year in PC

2012: The Year in PC

December 31, 2012

If this isn’t the most easily offended civilization in world history, I’m

Notes From the Edge

Toss Another Bag of Coal on the Christmas Fire

Toss Another Bag of Coal on the Christmas Fire

December 24, 2012

Dear Santa Claus: It’s been well over forty years since I wrote you a

Tragedy

Gunsville, USA

Gunsville, USA

December 17, 2012

As I lollygagged around the packed convention floor at the Eastman Gun Show in

Balls

Our Balls, Ourselves

Our Balls, Ourselves

December 10, 2012

Brothers, gents, countrymen, and assorted randy lads and bucks galloping like

History

The Myth of Northern Innocence

The Myth of Northern Innocence

December 03, 2012

Burly-and-bearded country singer Trace Adkins ruffled all the usual feathers

Idiocracy

Happy to Be on the Wrong Side of History

Happy to Be on the Wrong Side of History

November 26, 2012

As the leftist juggernaut blithely steamrollers its way over what’s left of

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