A satirical meditation in the age of âPerson, Woman, Man, Camera, TVâ and Presidential selfâvalidation One year into his second term as President of the United States â a reality Iâm still getting used to writing â Donald J. Trump continues doing something both baffling and, in its own surreal way, a bit mesmerizing: heContinue reading “THE PRESIDENT WHO WOULDNâT STOP TALKING ABOUT A COGNITIVE TEST”
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The Riyadh Comedy Festival and the Possibility of a Silver Lining
In 2025, the Riyadh Comedy Festival made headlines across the world â and not for the reasons comedy usually does. What shouldâve been a celebration of laughter, creativity, and cross-cultural performance quickly turned into a firestorm of criticism. Western audiences condemned it as propaganda, activists called it state-sponsored whitewashing, and comedians who chose to performContinue reading “The Riyadh Comedy Festival and the Possibility of a Silver Lining”
Stephen Colbert’s Late Show Cancellation: The End of Late-Night, or the Start of the Apocalypse?
As we prepare for the unthinkableâThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert being canceled in May 2026âone question looms over us all: What exactly went wrong? Was it just another casualty of the âwe need to freshen things upâ corporate shuffle, or is there a much deeper, darker conspiracy behind the decision? There are whispersâsome wouldContinue reading “Stephen Colbert’s Late Show Cancellation: The End of Late-Night, or the Start of the Apocalypse?”
Whoâs on First? Epstein Files Edition: The FBIâs Comedy of Errors
Okay, gather âround, folks, because what we have here is truly a masterpiece of federal screw-ups. Itâs like Abbott and Costello met Dumb and Dumber and decided to run the FBI. You ever hear of the Epstein files? The ones that allegedly hold all the juicy names and sordid secrets of the global elite, withContinue reading “Whoâs on First? Epstein Files Edition: The FBIâs Comedy of Errors”