Author: Richard Metzger Archives: 03/2011

“Yes! I am Montag. Master of illusion. Defier of the laws of reason. What is real? Are you certain you know what reality is? How…

Jim Henson’s test pilot of Johnny Hart’s Wizard of Id strip from 1969. If this was pitched again in 2011, the “class war” humor would…

In 1992 I attended a lecture by Noam Chomsky at a high school auditorium in Los Angeles. During the Q&A Professor Chomsky was asked what…

“I am the operator with my… iPhone?” I suppose that shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, should it? It’s actually kinda perfect coming from…

Increasingly hapless Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, still trying to prove how utterly and spectacularly clueless he is, took his show on the road this weekend…

Some people see vast devastation and the human toll, others, like Christian author Tim LaHaye see an opportunity for self-promotion! Tim LaHaye, the best-selling author…

Millionaire author Stephen King (who came from humble beginnings) on the Tea party, union-busting Republican weenies and why rich people like him should pay at…

Look at this face, look at this ridiculously stupid, Republican-looking face, the most Republican-looking face I have ever seen. When I look at Scott Walker’s…

There is an interesting article the New York Times about the fever caused by an upcoming charity auction of some of Eric Clapton’s guitars. “Fever”…

Whereas I myself tend to think of Aldous Huxley in more psychedelic terms (I read The Doors of Perception when I was like 14 and…