In his most unpopular opinion yet, Alabama Liberal breaks down how you don’t really like traveling as much as you think you do…
Unpopular Vote: China Should Absorb North Korea
Despite being no fan of Chinese aggression, Alabama Liberal explains how their absorption of North Korea would be best for them, America, North Korea, and even South Korea.
Unpopular Vote: Xi Jinping will be the Downfall of China
From Shanghai during Xi Jinping’s unprecedented power grab, Alabama Liberal explains how Xi Jinping’s cult of personality rule will undermine China’s more successful “faceless fascism” party-rule policy.
Unpopular Vote: Democrats Are Better at Foreign Policy
From Shanghai, Alabama Liberal explains why Democrats are better at foreign policy, and how even Republicans biggest foreign policy successes are really failures…
“Ladybird” is One of the Year’s Best Films
Greta Gerwig pulls off a stunning achievement with “Ladybird,” which at first looks like a strong coming-of-age story, but might actually be the first epic about millennial life…[Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” might actually have this title, but Ellar Coltrane is only 23 years old and may actually be too young to be considered a millennial.] What…
Movie Reviews of “Mudbound” and “Wheelman”
A pair of Netflix original films that are worth a watch in one case and one of the year’s best in another… Mudbound…Most films about racial tension in the Southeast take place during the 1860’s Civil War period and the slavery days right before it or the daily insults of segregation during the Civil Rights-era 1960’s (every…
Movie Reviews: “Daddy’s Home 2” Vs. “Bad Moms Christmas”
Which unnecessary sequel to a broad hit comedy shoehorned into the holiday season will win out? Wellllllllll, the similarities between them are uncanny (they have basically the same ending, and even the promise of a Vegas-set spin-off), and it’ll largely be a matter of taste in which one you like better. “Bad Moms Christmas” is…
“LBJ,” “Murder on the Orient Express,” “Victoria & Abdul,” “Only the Brave,” “Thank You For Your Service”
Five films currently in theaters, some of which I actually really liked… LBJ…Has there been a more underrated President than Lyndon Baines Johnson? One of my Top 5 favorite Presidents has had his legacy universally tarnished by Vietnam—a war that baby boomers must think is still going on judging by how their response to Trump…
Reviews: “Thor: Ragnarok,” “Foreigner,” “Geostorm,” “Suburbicon,” “Mountain Between Us”
All films currently in theaters for a nice change of pace, but not ones sufficiently exciting enough to give their own reviews to… Thor: Ragnarok…Is Marvel paying film critics? It’s a persistent theory among both DC fans and adults with good taste who wonder why Marvel product keeps getting rubber-stamped? How does a film like…
“Transformers: Whatever,” “The Wall,” “Despicable Me 3,” “Dean,” “Lowriders”
A grab bag of Summer 2017’s also-rans, but don’t worry folks, later today they’ll be no less than 10 other movie reviews of films currently in theaters… Transformers: The Last Knight…Have you ever wished that a “Transformers” film could be longer, make less sense, feature Anthony Hopkins in one of his most pitifully slumming it…
Why is Alabama So Good at College Football?
Alabama Liberal explains why the SEC in general and Alabama specifically is so good at college football…
What is the Pecking Order of Southern States?
Alabama Liberal explains the pecking order of Southern States, and why people have a different impression of Virginia than, say, Alabama…
Book Reviews: Exit West, Do Not Be Alarmed, The Arrangement, All Our Wrong Todays, The Party
Five great books grouped together only by quality. I wouldn’t be a bit surprised to see all five of these wind up in my “Best Books of the Year” list but I know at least one of them will… Exit West by Mohsin Hamid…Hamid’s mercifully slim, fully captivating tale of the war in Syria starts by…