January 6th and the Freedom to be Some Nutjob

     January 6th, 2021 is now a day that we instantly recognize. More than some ordinary news feed basketball that can be tossed back and forth, the instant recognizability of the date makes it stand out as a moment of history. The fact that we’re using the actual date to talk about the historical controversy it’s […]

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Hank Hill vs. Donald Trump

    If you’ve never seen King of the Hill, you’re missing out. Not just because the show is funny, even though it is, but because it’s one of the only places that conservatives have been allowed to speak for themselves in popular culture that hasn’t been set up to make them look ridiculous. The characters are […]

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The First Real Election

      At the time of this writing, Russia has invaded Ukraine. They’ve gotten their asses kicked pretty soundly up to this point, scaling back their full scale take over plans to a region in eatern Ukraine known as the Donbass. Their eyes got a little too big for their stomachs, it truns out. And even now, […]

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Trump and the Mafia

    I was doing some research on corruption in professional boxing and I came across a congressional hearing on the subject that was done in 1993. It involves a pretty interesting collection of people. John McCain was there. Former world champions Buddy McGirt and Iran Barkley were there. And so was a funny little muddle named […]

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