The Mormon Meme, plus the Mitt Romney documentary you won’t see on American television
Considering how negative the presidential campaign has already become this year—going back to the GOP primary when Newt Gingrich landed a hell of a blow…
Author: Richard Metzger Archives: 07/2012
Ayn Rand meets Johnny Carson on ‘The Tonight Show,’ 1967
Many videotapes of Johnny Carson’s 1960s episodes were lost in the fire of NBC’s archives, but at least part of Ayn Rand’s first appearance on…
America or Syria? Cops in Anaheim fire into a crowd of men, women, children (and babies)
“They just started shooting.” “I had my baby with me. My baby! The dog scratched me and then grabbed me. They shot at me while…
We Don’t Need This Fascist Groove Thing: Boy George’s fierce ‘No Clause 28’ protest song, 1988
One of Boy George’s best pieces of music—well, in my book, anyway—is 1988’s seldom-heard slice of fierce, dance music protest, “No Clause 28.” I picked…
The Copendium cometh! Julian Cope’s megalithic hidden history of rock
If you haven’t heard, there’s a new Julian Cope book coming out and even compared to his other incredibly worthwhile publications (The Modern Antiquarian and…
Legalize it: Libertarian Gary Johnson calls out Obama on cannabis hypocrisy
Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson’s new advertisement calls out Obama and his hypocritical policies on marijuana. Johnson’s position finds him more in the mainstream of…
Is Florida’s Rick Scott the single most evil politician in America?
Rick Scott, the vile, freaky clown who is the governor of Florida has announced that his state will not take that DIRTY Medicaid money as…
Harvey Pekar’s ‘Cleveland’ is a splendiferous American masterpiece
The recently published graphic novel, Cleveland, by the late Harvey Pekar and illustrator Joseph Remnant, is a flat-out masterpiece of the form. One (hefty) part…