The Long Shadow of Barack Obama’s Inauguration
My Inauguration Day column begins like so: President Obama was officially sworn in yesterday for his second term as chief executive and, this afternoon, he’ll be ceremonially sworn in with all of the...
View ArticleThe Historic ‘Firstness’ of the President’s Second Inaugural Address
The first few paragraphs of my Tuesday column about the president’s address yesterday: Naturally, any president who delivers an inaugural address seems to take their own stab at one-upping the great...
View ArticleCowardly Ted Nugent Threatened the President Again
My Wednesday column begins like so: Last week, I wrote an article about the SHOT Show in Las Vegas and how NBC Sports was pathetically tone-deaf by sponsoring the event. As I mentioned, the NRA had not...
View ArticleAlex Jones: The Government Is Trying to Make More Gay People
My Thursday column and the most ridiculous conspiracy theory of the week: During yesterday’s Senate hearing on the consulate attack in Benghazi, Senator Rand Paul grilled Secretary of State Hillary...
View ArticleThe Daily Banter Mail Bag is Re-branding the Republicans
This week’s questions. Answers here. 1) Do you guys think anything can be done to stop the GOP electoral vote rigging scam? –Kristyne 2) With all of this fake talk about the Republicans “re-branding”...
View ArticleThe Republican Effort to Steal Electoral Votes from Blue States
My Monday column begins like so: When reality began to disprove Republican ideas, instead of coming up with better ideas, conservatives created their own television news network to broadcast their...
View ArticleA Gun Won’t Make Your Penis Larger
My Tuesday column: There’s a brief scene in Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket in which the new recruits, led by Gunnery Sgt. Hartman, chant in unison, “This is my rifle, this is my gun. This is for...
View ArticleHere Comes the Skeet Shooting Truthers
My Wednesday column: Way back in mid-August of 2006, President Bush was dealing with two ground wars; crises in Israel and Lebanon; a midterm election; a housing market on the verge of collapse; the...
View ArticleTennessee Bill Would Force Schools to ‘Out’ Gay Teens
My Thursday column begins like so: One of the more successful things about Mitt Romney’s doomed 2012 campaign was his ability to portray himself as an aw-shucks clean-cut good guy; a Mormon who never...
View ArticleThe Daily Banter Mail Bag Is Rooting For…
This week’s Mail Bag questions from our delightful readers. Answers here. 1) With Sarah Palin now out of the picture, which TV-ready Republican crazy will step up and be the party’s next star? – J. 2)...
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