By Hawkes Klein
Small pop-culture break for a little bit of Civil Rights Action. Are you a New Yorker who believes in marriage equality? The Manhattan Young Democrats (a group which I happen to be Secretary of in my real life) have spear-headed a letter writing campaign to NY State Senators to push the Marriage Equality Bill! Many other… Read More
By Peter Brauer
A momentous day has come. Gil Kerlikowske, Obama’s brand new drug czar has ended the war on drugs. In his first ever interview after his appointment he explained to the Wall Street Journal, “Regardless of how you try to explain to people it’s a ‘war on drugs’ or a ‘war on a product,’ people see a… Read More
By Peter Brauer
No he didn’t. Obama kills at his first White House Correspondents Dinner. I think this man has a future in stand up starting in 2017. My favorite line was directed at Dick Cheney. Obama excuses Cheney’s absence by saying he was working on his memoir currently entitled, “How to Shoot Friends and Interrogate People.” Some how on… Read More
By Jiun Kwon
I’m proud of what we’ve achieved, but I’m not content. I’m pleased with our progress, but I’m not satisfied.
So it’s been 100 days now. 100 days and it still hasn’t worn off. The image alone of President Obama standing at that podium is enough to make your heart swell with pride. And then… Read More
By Peter Brauer
Holy cow. Where did my socks go? American Experience: We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears totally knocked them off. I just watched it last night on PBS, and now I have to donate. This is the third in a series of five, hour and a half long reenactment based documentaries. This episode tells the devastating story of… Read More
By Jeremy Kotin
Funny people make fun of ignorant people… and I appreciate it.
By Jeremy Kotin
There’s no doubt in my mind that we’ve made great strides as a nation with embracing homosexuality and creating positive representations in our media. In the past couple of days Iowa and Vermont have demonstrated just that. But TV commercials like this one demonstrate how truly far we have to go, that there is still… Read More
By Jiun Kwon
Last week’s airing of Real Time with Bill Maher brought together the passionate, yet varied minds of Salman Rushdie, Mos Def, and Christopher Hitchens.
Things seemed mellow enough for a while. There was some back and forth on Obama’s decisions regarding Afghanistan and -to Bill’s extreme dismay- his reaction to a question about legalizing drugs. Salman… Read More
By Jiun Kwon
I’m sure by now, most of America has either seen or been made aware of the face off between Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer of CNBC that took place on The Daily Show last week. If you haven’t, I urge you to visit thedailyshow.com and watch the complete 3-part unedited version. Go ahead… I can wait. … Read More
By Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
I saw Ann Coulter and Bill Maher in real life for the first time last night and they were shaking hands. In the basement of Radio City Music Hall (just past a sea of onlookers and a few security guards) were two people who looked honestly happy to see each other. And it made me… Read More
Tomorrow marks 100 days since the BP oil spill in the gulf. I know they “successfully” capped it, but as long as that sucker is still leaking, I’m saying there is still an oil spill. But this disaster got me thinking a lot about the good old days of folk – when popular music regularly included anthems… Read More
When I was in my formative high school days, going to the Warped Tour was a highlight of the summer. Just old enough to drive, we’d pile about 9 bros and skateboards into mom-duke’s Ford Exploder and drive at high speed to Fitchburg or some other pseudo-municipality in middle Massachusetts, blasting Rage Against The Machine and… Read More