Category Archives: Blog stuff

A deep and myth-busting dive into the life of the notorious Countess Elizabeth Bathory. “After Floridians approved an initiative to restore voting rights to approximately 1.4 million people with felony convictions, Republican lawmakers immediately moved to sabotage the historic effort. … Continue reading →

“Imagine a city the size of Washington D.C. going an entire year without any pedestrians or cyclists being killed on its streets. That’s exactly what happened in Oslo, where officials reported this week that zero pedestrian or cyclist fatalities occurred … Continue reading →

Welcome to the third decade of the 21st century… Do better, Chuck Todd. And if you don’t know how, get out of the way and let someone else do it. “Americans may feel as though Christmas lasts forever, but at … Continue reading →

“Baseball’s plan to kill off dozens of [minor league] affiliate teams is a clear act of collusion.” “Among millennials, fewer than half identify as Christians. More than 40 percent identify as nothing in particular.” “Netflix Reportedly Lost 1 Million Subscribers … Continue reading →

Good call, Hallmark Channel. But really, you should have known better. The New England Patriots are here to remind you that when it comes to cheating, the Astros are a bunch of pikers. “The end result of their Christian faith … Continue reading →

“Below we have a roundup of the various Baby Yoda tattoos that have been published to social media by people from as far away as Florida, California, Alaska, and Russia. And while 39 tattoos might seem like a lot for … Continue reading →

All roads lead to Rudy. “The first and most important thing to understand about these deals is that there is no possible set of mitigating circumstances that might make the negotiations remotely ethical.” “Giuliani had been doing business in Ukraine … Continue reading →

“This article is not about PED allegations. Roger Clemens doesn’t belong in the Hall of Fame for an entirely different reason, and one which merits far more attention than it has thus far received.” “Doctors have placed humans in suspended … Continue reading →

Say what you want about Bill Belichick, but NFL coaches go for it more on fourth down now thanks to a famous failed fourth-down conversion attempt by the Patriots ten years ago. “The television show The Golden Girls was originally … Continue reading →

“I realized then that Leia is more than just a character. She’s a feeling. She is strength. She is grace. She is wit. She is femininity at its finest. She knows what she wants, and she gets it. She doesn’t … Continue reading →

“It is not my job to decide if Brett Kavanaugh is guilty. It’s impossible for me to do so with incomplete information, and with no process for testing competing facts. But it’s certainly not my job to exonerate him because … Continue reading →

“What these people are doing goes way beyond that. It’s a direct nuclear assault on the truth. It’s not: I didn’t break the figurine. Instead, it’s: Mom, not only did I not break it, but Susie broke it, and I … Continue reading →

“Trump now finds himself mired in a season of weakness. Foreign leaders feel emboldened to reject his pleas or to contradict him. Officials inside his administration are openly defying his wishes by participating in the impeachment probe. Federal courts have … Continue reading →

“Quiet places have been on the road to extinction at a rate that far exceeds the extinction of species.” When you’ve lost Matt Drudge… “For young people who have absorbed similar messages in Christian spaces, the redemption of Bathsheba matters … Continue reading →

AirBnB’s Antarctica tour is a bad idea. The story of Willie Ito, who went from an internment camp to being a Disney animator. “I don’t know who needs to hear this, but back in the day, when I was a … Continue reading →

“In my research, I came across so many doommongering quotes about how texting was ruining the English language, when we obviously now know it as a cultural renaissance in writing that ushered in the new genre of the textolary novel … Continue reading →

What actors are actually doing when it looks like they’re doing cocaine on TV. “The number of states in the union has been fixed at 50 for so long, few Americans realize that throughout most of our history, the addition … Continue reading →

Gun licensing is a very effective solution to gun violence. “Why Do We Need Super Accurate Atomic Clocks?” RIP, Ric Ocasek, guitarist and lead singer for The Cars. “How Grocery Stores Became A Cultural Flashpoint In The Gun Debate”. “There … Continue reading →