I don't have much to add to the Comey hearing. It's become clear that depending on your political affiliation, you either saw a former FBI director call Trump a liar and lay the groundwork for an obstruction of justice case (while not so subtly hinting that Attorney General Jeff ...read more

• By Mike Redmond
  Nov 9, 2018

David Simon, Creator of 'The  Wire' weighs in on the absurdity of Libertarianism: Ultimately we abandoned that [the idea that unions had a place in an economy] and believed in the idea of trickle-down and the idea of the market economy and the market knows best, to the point ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Feb 17, 2016

I'm banging this out as a kind of instant response to Banter Overlord Ben Cohen's earlier post today asking readers to debate whether AMC's Breaking Bad, which ends its five-season run next week, is the best television show ever. First of all, it's interesting that he brings ...read more

• By Chez Pazienza
  Feb 17, 2016