For Andrew C, by request. The B-52s were scheduled to play a White House state dinner tonight but had their performance called off at the last minute. Jill Biden was…
Another day, another failed attempt to elect a Speaker of the House. Contestant No. 3 lasted just four hours, not even long enough to be doxxed by MAGA World, so…
Theme song for the endless search for a Speaker of the House. Tommy Conwell ruled the bar band circuit in Philadelphia and Delaware for a little while back in the…
Handicapping the Speaker Stakes? Now there are only eight entrants as Rep. Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania has scratched himself from the race. Meuser, who represents a big slice of the…
Will Smith's spoof of the Freddy Krueger movies fits the Halloween season, but he's living a more substantial nightmare these days, what with all the publicity his apparently estranged wife…
Anyone who's raised children recognizes Donald Trump as an overgrown toddler. The lies he tells are the sort of incompetent falsehoods even small children outgrow. After his attorney Sidney Powell…
For Gaza. Jimmy Cliff released this song as a single in 1972, the same year he starred in "The Harder They Come," the movie and soundtrack that made Jamaican music…
I thought Jan. 6, 2021, made clear what the MAGA Republicans wanted to do to Congress, so the current House fire is no great surprise. I blame voters for handing…
Americans might be forgiven for thinking British rock and roll began with the Beatles. The Merseybeat sound they represented seemed to grow from meager roots – skiffle, the craze that…
The media hasn't had time to remind you lately, what with a couple of wars and a couple of Trump trials and Republicans In Disarray Chapter XII, but Joe Biden…
The hospital bombing in Gaza has convinced his handlers that Joe Biden won't meet with Arab leaders in Jordan on his Middle East trip today. I'm not sure how yet,…
Among the many MAGAfestations I don't understand: Why do people give their money to a guy who claims to be a billionaire? Isn't the whole point of being a billionaire…
Sly Stone, much to my surprise, is still alive. Now 80, he's released a memoir, titled after his No. 1 hit "Thank You ((Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)," something I…