One of my biggest gripes with the extreme flanks of the political debate is this: neither the far-left nor the far-right appears capable of modulating their respective screeching. This not only self-marginalizes both wings, but all of the indiscriminate shouting tends to bleed ...read more

Today marks 20 years since the death of comic Bill Hicks. It's tough to describe the impact that Hicks's humor, insight and general brilliance -- to say nothing of his special brand of optimistic misanthropy -- had on a good portion of my generation. Thankfully, Patton Oswalt ...read more