Hollywood simply cannot conceal its massive butthurt over Donald Trump winning the election. With awards season in full swing, expect a slew of Meryl Streep moments from now through the Oscars. Showbiz types are a uniquely repulsive species, and I say that having mixed with them for the better part ...
Jazz great Louis Armstrong, one of the most influential figures in the history of American music, kept a spoken-word diary via a reel-to-reel tape recorder he"d take with him on the road. When the recordings were first made public in their entirety in the early 2000s, I remember being struck by ...
Ah, Israel, the ultimate wedge issue for people on the right. Nothing can queer an alliance between mainstream conservatives, paleoconservatives, and white nationalists quicker than Israel. There's so much we all agree on! Affirmative action and antiwhite racism? Blech! Illegal immigration? Phooey! ...
Yeah, that's right"I went there. No, I don"t mean the gay bar (although I did go there, too). I mean I used "tail" instead of "tale" because the story I"m telling involves a dog, a pun so tired and hackneyed it's beneath even the most banal of writers. But by this time ...
It's very sad to watch the Democrats these days. I mean, this is a party that has, in the past, shown itself to be exceptionally skilled at getting people fired up over going to war. Justifiably or not, Dem presidents took us to war in World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, not to mention ...
In the past few weeks, I"ve had a good dozen people ask me about "Pizzagate." "So whaddya think, Dave? Is it a real scandal? Is there a "there" there?" My best answer is this: If you"re an American who is roughly my age or older, and if you remember the details of ...
Until last month, I lived in blissful ignorance of the existence of Mr. Manboobs. Ah, those were good days. But now that I"ve had the misfortune to become acquainted with him, I shall similarly curse you with the knowledge of his existence. Yes, there is a "Mr. Manboobs." His name is ...
I"m sure it must have seemed like a good idea at the time. My friend Larry Thomas, an actor primarily known for one iconic role"that of the ill-tempered chef known as the "Soup Nazi" on the TV show Seinfeld"spent this past Sept. 11 as I would imagine most of us did: mesmerized ...
When Democrats lose big, one thing is for sure"the pitchforks and hangin" ropes are coming out. Using lynchings to deal with defeat is as old as, well, how old is the Democratic Party? And so it is now. The Dems were pantsed by a vulgar, obnoxious, politically inexperienced reality-show ...
In last week's column, I wished the Trump camp good luck, while taking great pains to not make a prediction regarding the outcome of the election. In my private life, I was not so coy. I laid down several money bets that Trump would lose, not because I wanted him to (I didn"t), but because deep ...
