This is the coolest kid. She reminds me of another, once-upon-a-time AP History 10th grader who took on the then-Vice President of the US. (P.S. Of course, the classy folks in the Right-Wing Troll Patrol have threatened her life and called this bright young girl a whore and expressed a desire to rape her.) Share [...]

Lest you think the billboard-buying, THE END IS NIGH! guys are a recent phenomenon, let me hip you to one of the weirdest chapters in comic book history. Back in the 70s, things were a bit more cowboy than they are now concerning licensed characters and brand-identity.  So one day, a right-wing-born-again comic book artist [...]

When I was a kid and my dad would attend the “Psychic Fairs” that sprung up in Spring and Summer (as a function of his TV-talk show, Journeys to the Mind) there were always some whacko religious infiltrators among the whacko new-age would-be psychics. They’d litter the grounds or tables with Jack Chick tracts, they’d [...]

As the Youtube clip proves, somewhere out there, there’s a Josh who’s having a way more interesting birthday than I am. Share this:PrintFacebookDigg

Here’s where my head is: The celebration and high-fiving seem kind of tragic-comic to me. I am very glad that at long, long last, we got this guy. But he won already. Not with 9/11, but in what we as a nation did after it, for 10 years in response to it. We were led [...]