Growing up in L.A. in the late "60s and early "70s, I certainly had my fill of hippies (and then some). And I have to say, the hippies of that time weren"t all bad. Slovenly, spoiled, self-righteous, sure. But some of their rhetoric was totally on point. "Always question yer ...
It would be an ignominious defeat worthy of a Shakespearean tragedy if abortion ends up being the issue that derails Trumpas the Tank Engine. By claiming that there would have to be "some form of punishment" levied against any woman who would dare get an abortion in Donald Trump's ...
The left's grip on reality has never exactly been vise-like. But it seems to me that leftists are losing it"more than usual"over Trump. And I"m no Trump fan, to be sure. Last week I was amused to see myself involuntarily added to the Wikipedia page of "prominent individuals" ...
In its never-ending search for scapegoats, the left has decided that Nancy Reagan bears full responsibility for her husband's response to the AIDS crisis (apparently, attacking first ladies is totally cool as long as their name isn"t Michelle Obama). With a pace that probably rivaled the speed ...
The factually challenged (and largely plagiarized) 1977 TV miniseries Roots had an undeniable influence on how millions of Americans, black and white, view the era of slavery. A standout moment in this well-made piece of historical hooey occurs shortly after Kunta Kinte, the proud African (is there ...
In early 2013, former Saturday Night Live cast member Victoria Jackson, the ditzy blonde who took up space on the show in the late 1980s before fading into obscurity, posted an essay on her website titled "Why Isn"t There a White History Month?" I"m quite certain that as she was ...
Apparently, Mormons have a pathological hatred of Polynesians. Who knew? I certainly didn"t, until last week's perfunctory "look how racist those white devils are" national news story brought it to my attention. It seems a bartender at a Salt Lake City joint called Big Willie's pulled a ...
The "Grim Sleeper" went on trial in L.A. last week. Fifty-seven-year-old Lonnie David Franklin Jr. is accused of murdering at least eleven women (and one man) in a string of serial killings in South Los Angeles in the late 1980s and early 2000s (the name "Grim Sleeper" was derived ...
You know you"re getting old when you can remember a time when Canadians were funny on purpose. John Candy, Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy, the entire SCTV crew. Back then, Canadians invited the world to laugh with their nation, not at it. How things have changed. These days, Canadians are still ...
One of the biggest viral stories on social media last week was a laughably idiotic Finnish "how to" video that ostensibly demonstrates the proper way for women to defend themselves against rapists. The video, produced by state-run broadcaster Yle, reveals the top three police-certified ...
