Mr. McFarlane,
I have to come clean and tell you that I’m not a regular viewer of your program, The Family Guy. I’ve probably seen two episodes since you’ve been on the air. Until now, it’s not been a matter of the content. I’m just not that into television anymore. Perhaps it’s a sign of old [...]

I’ve never been a huge fan of Bill Maher. Conversely, I’ve never truly disliked him, either. Until now.
Maher is the host of a weekly talk-show that airs on HBO called Real Time with Bill Maher. In each episode, Maher makes commentary of the news of the day and has a panel of guests who are [...]

George Carlin used to muse that the reason the mainstream media, talking heads and politicians kept the masses arguing amongst themselves over right versus left paradigms was so that they, the elite, could keep giggling off to the bank.
As with many other things Carlin waxed upon, he was probably right on this score.
It’s useful to [...]

On May 26, 2009, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Al Pacino is considering the lead role in the upcoming biopic of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, You Don’t Know Jack. Pacino has long been a favorite of mine so I found the move just a bit of a disappointment.
Though the film certainly isn’t in the can yet [...]

This might well be the most disgusting display of inhumanity I’ve had to witness.
A US soldier describes, in great detail, his experiences in Abu Garib prison. He admits to the repeated rape of a 15-year old girl who later hanged herself. To him, it’s just not that big of a deal.
We all know this war [...]

I hate to admit it, but I’m leaning towards yes on this one (then again, I totally dug Ann Richards). Here now is the Governor of the state of Texas, Rick Perry, asserting his resolve to support House Concurrent Resolution 50 that invokes that state’s 10th Amendment rights to sovereignty.
My question would be, where were [...]

Luke Rudkowski is your every-day, garden variety scapegoat.
The 22-year old is a slender and clean-cut figure who typically wears a business jacket and tie in public and keeps his hair short and his face clean-shaven. He is certainly not the visual you’d expect of a thug, a violent person or a criminal.
Yet, on March 28, [...]

On a warm day, a number of months ago, I pulled up to a red light and idled, waiting for the magical green ball to tell me it was cool to proceed through the intersection. Being one who minds her surroundings in traffic, I glanced over to the car next to me. It was a [...]

My word but we Americans have turned into a disastrously impolite lot.
It’s not as if we aren’t living in a time when embracing one another and endowing each other with just a bit of kindness and thoughtfulness would be an excellent idea. We have an extraordinary opportunity – right now – to show the world [...]

If you’re demented, you’re wasting people’s lives – your family’s lives – and you’re wasting the resources of the National Health Service.
Those aren’t my words. They’re the words of one Lady Warnock, a veteran Government adviser in the United Kingdom, who is touting the values of promoting active euthanasia on patients who have become demented [...]

Sarah Palin and Charlie Gibson:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z75QSExE0jU

This kind of talk is quite frightening. Never mind that she refuses to give a straight answer (apparently, the Straight Talk Express never made it up to Alaska), but note the language that she uses.
Terrorists, Islamic Extremists, destroy America, Terrorists, Terrorists.
This is the language of fear and it’s designed to hoodwink [...]