Month: December 2013

While good comedians punch up and conservative comedians punch down, P.J. O’Rourke punches himself. While he is clever and occasionally quite funny, his lack of earnestness ultimately undermines him both as a comic and as...

Don’t get me wrong. I’m glad that Rosa Parks ended racism; I just have trouble understanding why seventy-nine percent of Republicans are willing to verbally express racial prejudice. Most Democrats demonstrate...

I usually ignore Rush Limbaugh because he’s intentionally provocative, and I don’t feel like being a puppet on his string. But, sometimes, he says something so savory and satisfying that I can help gloating. His...