BRAVO Burger King and The Impossible Burger for joining forces to create meat-from-plants The Impossible Whopper. The fast-food giant today began nationally rolling out its Impossible Whopper, which had been tested in a few parts of the country. The idea is to reportedly try it out for about a month nationally and then decide whether to make it a permanent part of the menu. … [Read more...] about Five Stars to Burger King’s (Meatless) The Impossible Whopper
Celebrating Woodstock, Snoopy’s Feathered Friend
The Woodstock music festival of 1969 was not the kind of event that the late Charles M. Schulz would have attended, but that didn't stop him from naming a Peanuts character after the event. Now, the Charles M. Schulz Museum is celebrating Snoopy's feathered friend Woodstock. CBS News has the story in the below video. Featured Image by Author … [Read more...] about Celebrating Woodstock, Snoopy’s Feathered Friend
Whatever ‘happened’ to King Kong’s Carl Denham? Read this book
A couple of years ago, author and scholar Frank Dello Stritto penned the "history" of the ill-fated "wolfman." It was titled "A Werewolf Remembers: The Testament of Lawrence Stewart Talbot." It weaved Talbot's life through half a century of history, connecting him through several scores of films and film characters. It was a unique, scholarly page-turner capable of seducing … [Read more...] about Whatever ‘happened’ to King Kong’s Carl Denham? Read this book
Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Donald Trump and Guns
Of related interest: --Trump’s Reelection Strategy Makes a Gun Bill Unlikely --Trump to NRA Bigwigs: Get Better Lawyers --Trump says NRA's views will be 'fully represented' in gun reform talks.-- Mike Peters is recognized as one of our nation’s most prominent cartoon artists for his outstanding work as both a political and comic strip cartoonist. His favorite expression … [Read more...] about Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Donald Trump and Guns
Guns, Guns, and More Guns
Americans civilians possess more guns than the entire rest of the world in total. We also have more civilian gun deaths in America than in any other nation aside from Afghanistan. Could there be some connection? President Trump blames the recent mass murders on mental illness and violent computer games. Is he claiming that more Americans are mentally ill proportionately than in … [Read more...] about Guns, Guns, and More Guns
Americans’ support for immigration is at record highs – but the government is out of sync with their views
Americans’ support for immigration is at record highs – but the government is out of sync with their views Polls show that Americans feel more welcoming toward immigrants than they have in the past. Evgenia Parajanian/Shutterstock.com Mariano Sana, Vanderbilt University Since its start, the Trump administration has … [Read more...] about Americans’ support for immigration is at record highs – but the government is out of sync with their views
What are Republicans afraid of?
By CATHERINE RAMPELL Washington Post Column It's almost funny, in a twisted sort of way. Election after election, Republicans have based their core political appeal on fear. And yet -- as dual gun massacres this weekend starkly illustrate -- they refuse to offer solutions to any of the mortal threats Americans actually face. President Trump's closing (losing) message … [Read more...] about What are Republicans afraid of?
Joe Biden: Trump ‘Has Fanned the Flames of White Supremacy’ (Updated)
Joe Gandelman on Monday published the statement made by former President Barack Obama mourning the victims and grieving with the families of the latest mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, but also powerfully condemning and rejecting the hate and fear speech that incites such violence. Today, in an even more eloquent, powerful and perhaps defining speech in Burlington, … [Read more...] about Joe Biden: Trump ‘Has Fanned the Flames of White Supremacy’ (Updated)
The Internet And Scandinavian Jazz
I've been pondering the events of the past couple of weeks and listening to different theories about what got us to where we are Somebody on the radio I was listening to made an interesting point which I think covers half the story He talked about being back in high school and there was the stereotypical kid who had completely different musical taste from everyone … [Read more...] about The Internet And Scandinavian Jazz
Toni Morrison: The Power of Language
Toni Morrison, the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature died yesterday in Bronx at the age of 88. The most celebrated of her many novels and essay collections are “Song of Solomon,” which received the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1977, and “Beloved,” which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Many of her writings appeared regularly on The New … [Read more...] about Toni Morrison: The Power of Language
Blame Gaming
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Sensible gun reform requires taking the Senate
WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the Republican Party may not have pulled the triggers, but they still bear some responsibility for the weekend's atrocities. The only way to keep military-style weapons of war out of the clutches of would-be mass killers is to take away McConnell's power -- which means electing a Democratic majority in the Senate next … [Read more...] about Sensible gun reform requires taking the Senate
Dirty White Boy (Column, Cartoon and Video)
When I was working at The Free Lance-Star in 2001, I tried to get cartoons past my editors that were against profiling Muslim-Americans after 9/11. I didn’t have a lot of success. While not officially endorsing profiling, the paper didn’t rail against it. Even then, the majority of terrorist attacks on Americans were committed by white males. When I pointed out to my editors … [Read more...] about Dirty White Boy (Column, Cartoon and Video)
From across the globe to El Paso, changes in the language of the far-right explain its current violence
Law enforcement officers walking to the scene of a shooting at a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. AP/Rudy Gutierrez Arie Perliger, University of Massachusetts Lowell The recent shooting attack in which a young white man is accused of killing 22 people in a Walmart in El Paso fits a new trend among perpetrators of far-right … [Read more...] about From across the globe to El Paso, changes in the language of the far-right explain its current violence
Trump doesn’t just pollute the social environment. He IS the environment.
By GEORGE F. WILL Washington Post Columnist "It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men." -- Eric Hoffer WASHINGTON -- It is 1,218 miles from the Aaron Bessant Park Amphitheater in Panama City Beach, Florida., to the … [Read more...] about Trump doesn’t just pollute the social environment. He IS the environment.
Former President Barack Obama’s Full Statement on Recent Mass Shootings and the Gun Issue
Former President Barack Obama has issued the following statement in the wake of recent mass murders and calls for gun control and an end to racist rhetoric. Here is his statement via Twitter: … [Read more...] about Former President Barack Obama’s Full Statement on Recent Mass Shootings and the Gun Issue
A booming international movie market is transforming Hollywood
A booming international movie market is transforming Hollywood China is projected to surpass the U.S. in box office receipts in 2020. DGArt3D/Shutterstock.com Weiko Lin, Emerson College Marvel’s “Shang-Chi” – the studio’s first Asian superhero movie – is a sign of the times. Destin Daniel Cretton, who is of Asian … [Read more...] about A booming international movie market is transforming Hollywood
Racist Rhetoric (Cartoon)
Stop blaming video games for mass killings
Stop blaming video games for mass killings The research doesn’t say what some lawmakers suggest every time there’s a mass shooting. Fredrick Tendong/Unsplash, CC BY Christopher J. Ferguson, Stetson University In the wake of the El Paso shooting on Aug. 3 that left 22 dead and dozens injured, a familiar trope has … [Read more...] about Stop blaming video games for mass killings
Please, I’d Like to Stop Writing about Innocents Killed by Guns
Another day, another massacre—this time two, in just 13 hours. By Michael Winship I’m sitting here typing away at the dining room table in the home of friends a few miles along the road from Newtown, Connecticut. In a span of just thirteen hours, there have been mass killings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Many more are wounded. Lone, young white gunmen have … [Read more...] about Please, I’d Like to Stop Writing about Innocents Killed by Guns