Arts and Entertainment

Donald Trump considers himself a very funny guy. His rallies, back when he was capable of holding them, were long, boring exercises in his putative stand-up comedy. Many of his…

Malign techbro Peter Thiel is a world-class loon, as he's been demonstrating by trotting around the globe giving lectures on (checks notes)...the Antichrist. (View the photo above that linked article…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Mention Gerry Rafferty’s “Baker Street” to somebody and there’s good chance a saxophone solo starts playing in their head. The one Billboard called “the most…

This popular Irish ballad would not exist if a young Luke Kelly had not run into an aging Patrick Kavanaugh in the Dublin pub The Bailey one night in 1966.…

When he was younger, though not all that much younger than today, Donald Trump was adamant about not needing the help of any of America's allies – you know, the…

Commenter Eric Blair took me to task the other day for being too old to realize that fake videos can fool people. Here's a story that demonstrates age isn't the…

You might well be one of them. That's the percentage of voters, as of March 6, who are registered as Unaffiliated. I have just one question: Why? I bring this…

It's difficult if not impossible to determine which of Trump's clown-shoed cabinet members is furthest out of his depth, but Pete Hegseth's constant thumping of his Nazi-tattooed chest makes him…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Some veteran jazz fans don’t listen to Laufey because they think she’s not a jazz singer. Gen Z listens to her because they think she…

It seems the Trump administration isn't alone in pissing off musicians by using their music without asking for permission. The ironically named Israeli Defense Forces set social media video of…

With talk of committing ground troops to Trump's War on Iran, it would be a good time to break out this iconic Vietnam-era protest song, even if Joseph Allen "Country…