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State Department Inspector General and Hillary Clinton's Private Server

Well this is interesting. If Trump's statements and actions give his detractors reason to believe that he is essentially a carnival barker who is willing to say and do anything to close the deal then...

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Canadian Geese: Pest or Danger?

I live in a semi-rural suburban development. It's not too far from both a river and a lake. And there are many small and large ponds, brooks, streams and creeks near my residence. Combined with the...

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Movie Reviews: Exposed

Exposeddirected by Gee Malik Linton The listed stars of this film are Keanu Reeves and Mira Sorvino. But that is a bait and switch. They get a fair amount of screen time, well at least Reeves does, but...

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HBO Game of Thrones Recap: Blood of My Blood

The show has moved past the published books, but nevertheless still has a few plot lines from the published books to explore. Although I think some of these worked better than others I am impressed...

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3 Reasons Why Snoop Is Wrong About the Roots Reboot

At first I had resolved to simply troll the comments section of the Facebook posts I saw with the article of Snoop Dogg telling us to Boycott the Roots reboot, which aired Monday night on the History...

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President Trump: America's Worst Reality TV Show

As more and more Establishment Republicans like House Speaker Paul Ryan fall in line (read: accept their fate) with the notion that reality TV star Donald Trump will be their standard bearer for the...

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San Jose Anti-Trump Protests and the Right to Assemble

I will not vote for Donald Trump in the fall election. There are numerous reasons for this, too many to list here. I think that Trump is despicable for spreading rumors and lies about President Obama's...

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Book Reviews: Dead Man's Hand, Pimp

Dead Man's Handby John Joseph AdamsDead Man's Hand, so named for the aces and eights or the black two pair poker hand supposedly held by gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok when he was murdered, is an...

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Muhammad Ali

There aren't too many giants left who walk the earth. Muhammad Ali was one such man. I was sad when I heard the news of his June 3 passing at the age of 74 but at the same time I wasn't. Ali was a man...

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HBO Game of Thrones Recap: The Broken Man

Well well. Everyone's favorite anti-hero is back. We open up with a group of people making a new building. I think it's going to be a church. Folks are cutting wood, moving stones and sanding lumber....

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Fox Sports Florida Reporter Emily Austen Fired

There are some people who routinely make ethnic or racial comments and earn a good living doing just that. These people are usually comedians, writers or politicians who represent districts where the...

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Movie Reviews: The Ones Below, Get The Gringo

The Ones Belowdirected by David FarrThe Ones Below is a nifty little thriller movie which shows once again that you can make impressive disturbing films without over reliance on gore and guts. If I...

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HBO Game of Thrones Recap : No One

In Braavos after Lady Crane finishes playing Cersei during Joffrey's death scene she leaves the stage. In her dressing room Lady Crane discovers Arya wounded and just about out of it. She binds Arya's...

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Orlando Massacre

Over the weekend a U.S. citizen of Afghan heritage and Islamic religion, Omar Mateen, committed the worst single gunman mass shooting in US history, killing at least 49 people. That number may rise. I...

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First Trailer for "All Eyez on Me" Tupac Biopic

From the moment I started seeing photos pop up on Instagram of Demetrius Shipp Jr. in character for the up and coming Tupac biopic, "All Eyez on Me," I knew this film was going to be something special....

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8th grade Graduation Speech with Political Impersonations

You should never take things too seriously. That goes for 8th grade graduations and Presidential elections. I thought the impressions were pretty good, particularly of President Obama and Bernie...

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Music Reviews: O.V. Wright

O.V. WrightI didn't hear or more likely didn't remember hearing O.V. Wright until relatively late in life. But once I heard him he became one of my favorite singers. Most of the top soul singers, and...

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Games of Thrones Recap: Battle of the Bastards

George R.R. Martin has famously and consistently said that he expects the ending of his series A Song of Ice and Fire to be bittersweet. He has, at least in part, shared what he expects that ending to...

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General Election Politics 101: The Minority Vote

13 million people voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 Republican Primary.  To be sure, that is a record for the most votes received by any candidate in the Republican Primary.  You will often hear Trump...

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Britain Votes to "Brexit" from the EU - Prime Minister David Cameron Resigns

Holy turmoil in the markets, Batman!From the Times:Britain has voted to leave the European Union, a historic decision sure to reshape the nation’s place in the world, rattle the Continent and rock...

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