Bill Hicks

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

• By Bob Cesca
  Nov 9, 2018

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

• By Chez Pazienza
  Feb 17, 2016