Rush Limbaugh: America’s Cultural Cancer
Sean Murphy(*Author’s note: Equal parts infuriating and appalling (and, for our country, embarrassing) that this piece, written ELEVEN years ago, holds up. Indeed, that things have only become more obscene via Trump…
In Memory of Sidney Lumet: Celebrating ‘Serpico’
It's difficult, and pointless, to try and isolate which film was Lumet's best or most enduring. The fact that he made three of the best movies of the '70s (three…
Hey Glenn Beck: What Color Is Your Soul?
First, a confession. I have to admit, when I took the clownish charlatan Glenn Beck in my sights more than a year ago, I frankly underestimated his influence and staying…
Rush Limbaugh: Don’t Hate The Player, Hate The Game
Beneath contempt? Of course. Shameless? Obviously. A ludicrous, cowardly ass clown? Clearly. A bullying blowhard? Yup. A self-aggrandizing huckster who sells snake piss to imbelices and laughs all the way…
A Half-Assed Howard Beale or, The Crocodile Tears of a Clown
Right now Paddy Chayefsky is: a. Rolling over in his grave b. High-fiving Peter Finch in heaven c. High-fiving Peter Finch in hell (where it's Happy Hour 24/7) d. All…