In the first video of our newest series–The Unpopular Vote–which takes on popular opinion, I go after that most sacred of cows: the In & Out burger.
State’s Rights Leads to Regional Inequality
I’ve grown tired of state’s rights arguments, even if no one else agrees. For most people, the vague catch-all of “states rights” solves most problems outright. Liberals can trailblaze new environmental regulations, marijuana legalization, or gun restrictions whether The White House is occupied by Barack Obama or Donald Trump. And for their part, Republicans are…
300 @ 30: Episode 26–The Fast Food Critic
Reviving an old blog favorite for YouTube…
Democrats Will NEVER Take Back America Until They Reclaim the South
As I pointed out in last year’s very well-aged article “The Southeast is Actually the MOST Important Area for Democrats”—which you should read if you haven’t already—there is no future for the Democratic Party that doesn’t include major gains in the Southeast. What is currently being thought of as “hopelessly lost Trump country” is the only way Democrats are…
300 @ 30: Episode 25–Let Your Kids Shame You
If you wouldn’t feed something to your kids, you shouldn’t eat it either, and they’ll pick up your bad eating habits. My son makes his 300 at 30 debut to help illustrate…
300 at 30: Episode 24–Organic White Truffle Bullshit
“Organic White Truffle Bullshit” is about avoiding faux-adjectives like “garden fresh,” “Tahitian Vanilla,” or “golden” that will make you think you’re eating something different than last week’s McDonald’s or KFC. Also, avoid foods with a lot of ingredients…
300 @ 30: Episode 23–Avoid Domino Foods
Avoid “trigger” of Domino foods that will wreck your weight loss progress…
Episode 50–Where Are We Going?
The Finale Episode…
Don’t Worry Bernie Fans, Tom Perez Winning Is Actually a Good Thing for You
“Oh great, Tom Perez won DNC Chair, same old, same old.” “Tom Perez is another corporate centrist!” “What do you call a party that does the same thing over and over again and expects a different results? The Democratic Party.” “Goodbye Democrats, I’m going third party! Demexit!” We heard all this and a lot more…
Petty Issues: Trump’s Joint Disgrace–I Mean, Address Edition
That five minute standing ovation for the mother of a fallen soldier went from “compassionate” to “snake-handling church-tent revival.” And Trump’s praising of a military he largely has done nothing for most definitely tip-toes over the line from “patriotic” to “I’m using you to wrap a protective shield around my fascism.” [Sean Spicer’s new thing…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: John Wick Chapter 2
“John Wick Chapter 2” is thrillingly serialized so make sure you see the first one before heading into a theater. You’ll still probably be able to follow this movie—obviously, most scenes work on a visceral level and there’s not much to “get” about a guy killing his way out of a room—but the world-building is…
“Get Out” IS Racist, but Towards Interracial Couples
The buzz and controversy of “Get Out” is deafening, but the few–too few–criticisms the movie appears to be getting is that it’s anti-white or racist towards white people. I don’t really believe that, and there’s little in this movie that hasn’t been in “Machete” or Blaxploitation films, but the film is anti-interracial couples and in that way…
Why “Moonlight” is Really Good, but “La La Land” is Better
Quick Note About Last Night’s Oscars: I nailed literally all the big categories except Best Picture, correctly predicting Mahershala Ali, Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Casey Affleck, Moonlight’s Best Adapted Screenplay, Manchester by the Sea’s Best Original Screenplay, Zootopia, and Damien Chazelle’s Best Director win. So some of this post may be affected by “Moonlight” screwing up my prediction…