What Made Carl Sagan’s Cosmos: A Personal Voyage so Special

Mankind better responds to stories than facts. Facts by themselves are often boring, but put those facts into a good…

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Homer: The Odyssey: The Book for Our Time

Our own time boasts a facade of prosperity, but just underneath there are turbulent upheavals and a profound identity crisis.…

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The WWF Attitude Era: A Counterculture Archetype

In all my years on God’s green earth, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite as hot as the…

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6 Ways the Media Can Stop Being “An Enemy of the American People”

The latest mass hysterical meltdown of the Trump era is when the President called the “fake news media” (singling out…

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The UC Berkeley Riots: A Defining Moment that Punches You in the Face

Rage – Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus’ son Achilles, murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses, hurling down…

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The “Golden Showers” Story is the Waterloo of the Fake News Media

It’s also the end of the icon of the “intelligence” community. Last night I heard a supposedly “explosive” story published…

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2017: The Year Cultural Populism Challenges Big Hollywood

What happens first always appears better and more original than what comes after. If you succeed a great man or…

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The Winners & Losers of 2016

As 2016’s final days come and go, it’s a meaningful exercise for us to look back on the winners and…

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The University of Minnesota Football Boycott: A Forlorn Stand

The recent University of Minnesota Football boycott is reminiscent to me of a certain historical event, however unlikely it may…

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The “Fake News” Conspiracy Theory is How the Red War Starts

Hundreds of years from now, on the frontier beyond Earth, a civilization has thrived on a dusty nearby planet for…

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