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Politics
- WHAT THE HELL IS CHRIS CHRISTIE DOING? – 8/23/23
- OHIO CALLING – 8/16/23
- MAGA CARNAGE – 8/9/23
- BIDENOMICS – 7/12/23
- MARION GORDON “PAT” ROBERTSON – 1930 – 2023 6/21/2023 6/21/23
- THE UNITED STATES V. DONALD J. TRUMP 6/14/23
- BIPARTISAN BIDEN & THE DEBT CEILING MIRACLE 6/7/23
- KIDS ARE FINE – PARENTS ARE FUCKED 5/24/23
- SCOTUS AT LOWEST EBB & DEVOURED BY SCANDAL 5/10/23
- FIGHT FOR THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT 5/3/23
- THE WISCONSIN STORY 4/12/23
- “WOKE” – A STUDY IN DEFINITION 3/22/23
- THE REASON FOR FOX NEWS 3/15/23
- A CASE FOR SECESSION 3/8/23
- RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE ONE YEAR OUT 3/1/2023
- FIRST AMENDMENT CRISIS IN FLORIDA 2/15/23
- REPUBLICAN OBSESSION: FEDERAL ABORTION BAN 1/18/23
- MR. MCCARTHY YOUR CHICKENS HAVE ARRIVED & ARE PRIMED TO ROOST 1/11/2023
Politics 2022
- TRUMP: THE WEEK THAT WAS 12/28/2022
- REPUBLICAN TERRORISM 12/21/22
- RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT 12/4/22
- THE GEN Z WAVE & THE FUTURE OF NATIONAL POLITICS 11/23/22
- WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS WINS! 11/16/22
- LAST WEEK TO MIDTERMS FOLLIES 11/9/22
- NEW JERSEY VOTERS: PROTECT WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS 10/26/22
- THE CRUEL DUMBNESS OF RON DESANTIS 9/28/22
- DON’T BE FOOLED – ALL REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES WANT ABORTION BAN 9/2/22
- REPUBLICAN HYPOCRISY 101 8/24/22
- PUT PRO-CHOICE TO A VOTE EVERYWHERE 8/10/22
- DONE WITH REPUBLICANS – A STUDY IN FUTILITY & FASCISM 7/18/22
- WHAT THE ROE? 7/6/22
- INFLATION TRAIN = POLITICAL PAIN 6/8/22
- KILL U.S.A. 6/1/22
- UH-OH 5/11/22
- RON DESANTIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A CLOSET TRANSGENDER COMMUNIST MEMBER OF THE KKK INSPIRED BY MEIN KEMPF 4/27/22
- DEATH RATTLE BATTLEFIELD 3/23/22
- PUTIN’S FANCY CLUSTERFUCK 3/9/22
- “LEGITIMATE POLITICAL DISCOURSE” WEEK 2/16/22
- THE RUSSIA THING… AGAIN 2/2/22
Politics 2021
- REGARDING THE TIK TOK 12/17 NATIONAL SCHOOL THREATS 12/18/2021
- THE POLITICS OF CHOICE 12/8/2021
- FUN WITH FACEBOOK 11/3/2021
- NEW JERSEY CHOICE FOR GOVERNOR IS SIMPLE 10/27/2021
- ALL EYES ON THE COMMONWEALTH 10/20/2021
- CALIFORNIA SCHEMING 9/15/2021
- WOMEN IN BONDAGE 9/8/2021
- AFGHANISTAN – THE BIG FAIL 8/25/2021
- GOVERNORS BAWL 8/11/2021
- SUDDEN REPUBLICAN ABOUT-FACE ON VACCINES EXPLAINED 7/28/2021
- THE OVERRATED CRIME NARRATIVE 7/14/2021
- ERIC ADAMS NEEDS TO BE THE NEXT MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY 6/30/2021
- THE JOE BIDEN BIPARTISAN FANTASY 6/16/2021
- IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOW A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION? 6/9/2021
- VACCINES, CDC, & THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS 5/19/2021
- THE NOT-SO CURIOUS CASE OF LIZ CHENEY 5/12/2021
- BIDEN AT THE CENTURY MARK 5/4/2021
- LOW BAR ANOMALY 4/28/2021
- AMERICA: THE VIOLENCE PROBLEM 4/21/2021
- LET’S TALK FILIBUSTER 3/31/2021
- ANDREW CUOMO ON THE BRINK 3/17/2021
- THE POLITICS OF MONEY 3/10/2021
- THE LONE STAR STATE DISASTER 2/24/2021
- THE REAL VICTIMS OF “THE BIG LIE” 2/17/2021
- THE GREAT VOTER MIGRATION 2/10/2021
- AND SUDDENLY… THE NEW GUY 1/27/2021
- TO PURGE OR NOT TO PURGE 1/20/2021
- TREASON, MOB RULES & THE FINAL DAYS OF DONALD TRUMP 1/13/2021
Politics 2020
- LEGAL WEED NEW JERSEY 12/23/2020
- EXPLAINING THE TRUMP COUP & GOP POLITICAL TERRORISM 10/21/2020
- THE FINAL RECKONING OF AN AMERICAN ENEMY 11/25/2020
- THE PREDICTABLE OUTCOME OF THE 2020 ELECTION 11/18/2020
- DONALD TRUMP IS FINISHED 11/7/2020
- RESISTANCE IS LEGION 11/2/2020
- DISQUALIFY 10/28/2020
- SENIOR CITIZEN EXODUS 10/21/2020
- THE PREDICTABLE GRAND PIVOT 10/14/2020
- THE WEEK TRUMP GOT COVID-19 10/7/2020
- R.I.P. WOMEN’S RIGHTS, HEALTHCARE, REFORM 9/30/2020
- BANKRUPT AGAIN 9/23/2020
- DONALD TRUMP’S GRAVEST SIN 9/16/2020
- ANGUISHED CRY OF THE WOUNDED BANSHEE 8/22/2020
- THE BEAUTY OF CANCEL CULTURE 9/2/2020
- THIS IS NOT 2016 8/22/2020
- THE KAMALA HARRIS FACTOR 8/15/2020
- VOTE! 8/8/2020
- TRUMP & RUSSIA – THE LAST CHAPTER 8/5/2020
- TRUMP POLICE STATE 7/29/2020
- THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE 7/11/2020
- WILLIAM BARR’S CRIMINAL SYNDICATE 7/1/2020
- THE UNTOUCHABLE TRIUMVIRATE 6/22/2020
- “PSYCHOPATH WITH A BIBLE” 6/10/2020
- ERIC GARNER IS GEORGE FLOYD IS MURDER 6/3/2020
- GET OUT THERE AND SAVE THE DAY 5/13/2020
- STATES’ RIGHTS REVERSAL IN THE AGE OF MADNESS 4/22/2020
- TRUMP IS FAILING CRISIS TEST 4/15/2020
- HOW MUCH LONGER? 3/25/2020
- CORONAVIRUS: DONALD TRUMP’S KATRINA 3/18/2020
- THE LAZARUS WEEK 3/11/2020
- FASCISM 101 2/26/2020
- THE BERNIE PROBLEM? 2/20/2020
- IMPEACHMENT FOLLIES 1/29/2020
- AMERICA ALONE 1/16/2020
- THE IRAN MISTAKE 1/8/2020
Politics 2019
- NOT ALL REPUBLICANS ARE FOR TRUMP 12/11/2019
- GORDON SONDLAND – THE HUMAN CARPET BOMB 11/27/2019
- THE BILL TAYLOR ANGLE 11/20/2019
- GOP, THE RULE OF LAW & THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY 10/30/2019
- PRESIDENT TERRORIST 10/23/2019
- DOES DONALD TRUMP WANT TO BE IMPEACHED? 10/9/2019
- GAME SHOW HOST + PRESIDENCY = IMPEACHMENT 10/2/2019
- HATRED ON PARADE 8/21/2019
- POWER TO THE JERSEY PEOPLE 7/17/2019
- THE MORAL LOW GROUND 7/3/2019
- THE MEXICAN FLIP OFF 6/19/2019
- BOB MUELLER’S PRIMER IN PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE TRUTH-TELLING 6/5/2019
- ESCLAVE IN UTERO 5/22/2019
- HOW BAD CAN TRUMP’S TAX RETURNS BE? 5/15/2019
- TIME FOR MUELLER TO SPEAK 5/8/2019
- TRUMP GUILTY OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE – NOW WHAT? 4/24/2019
- THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF THE PLANET & THE MERRY HUMAN VIRUS 4/17/2019
- FINAL WORD ON MUELLER REPORT & OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE 4/10/2019
- TO THE BALLOT 4/3/2019
- CABLEVISION MONOPOLY & THE MORAL IMPERATIVE 3/27/2019
- ENOUGH WITH FOX NEWS 3/20/2019
- TRUMP vs KIM II 3/6/2019
- WHERE WE ARE ON WEED 2/27/2019
- NATIONAL EMERGENCY FALLOUT 2/20/2019
- THE NEW LEFT 2/13/2019
- THE DELUSION FACTOR 1/16/2019
- THE WALL – A SURREALIST PERSPECTIVE 1/2/2019
Politics 2018
- GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH – 1924 – 2018 12/12/2018
- THE RUSSIAN BANK PHASE – SUDDENLY WHITEWATER 12/5/18
- MID-TERM ROUNDUP 11/14/2018
- ALT RIGHT UNDERGROUND – A PERSPECTIVE 10/31/2018
- #FEMINIST 10/10/2018
- I LOVE POLITICS 10/3/2018
- CATHOLIC CHURCH’S ONGOING CHILD RAPE PROBLEM 9/5/2018
- TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2018 – THE DAY THE RAVEN TAPPED FOR MR. TRUMP 8/21/2018
- WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE PRESIDENT COMMITTED TREASON? 7/25/2018
- EXPLAINING “ROE v. WADE” IN THE AGE OF STUPID 7/11/2018
- THE KIM JONG-UN SHOW 6/20/2018
- THE LOST CHILDREN OF AMERICA 6/13/2018
- THE UNITED TRUMP OF TRUMP 6/5/2018
- THE FIGHT TO LEGALIZE WEED IN NJ CONTINUES 5/30/2018
- IT’S UNCLE RUDY TIME…IT’S UNCLE RUDY TIME! 5/2/2018
- EXIT STAGE RYAN 4/18/2018
- I’M OFFICIALLY BORED OF CRAZY TRUMP 4/11/2018
- THE HALF-ASSED STEEL TARIFF 3/14/2018
- THE FIGHT FOR LEGAL MARIJUANA 3/7/2018
- ALL THE PRESIDENT’S CRIMINALS 2/28/2018
- GENERATION DEAD 2/21/2017
- RUSSIA IS WINNING 2/7/2018
- THE IMMIGRATION SMOKESCREEN 1/31/2018
- TIME FOR ATLAS TO SHRUG 1/10/2018
Politics 2017
- WELCOME BACK TO CORPORATE LAND 12/20/2017
- ROY MOORE + ALABAMA = SENATE 12/13/2017
- THE TAX REFORM SHUFFLE 12/6/2017
- MIXED MESSAGES – ELECTION DAY 2017 11/15/2017
- ELECT PHIL MURPHY – LEGALIZE MARIJUANA IN NJ 11/1/2017
- CAVEAT EMPTOR 10/17/2017
- JIMMY KIMMEL & THE NEW AGE OF CELEBRITY POLITICS 9/27/2017
- THE HILLARY DELUSION 8/20/2017
- RADICAL CAUCASIAN TERRORISM 8/23/2017
- THE “DADDY LOVE ME” NUCLEAR STAND-OFF – 2017 8/16/2017
- THE UNSINKABLE ACA 7/26/2017
- CITIZENS OF NEW JERSEY UNITE AGAINST GOVERNMENT SUPPRESSION 7/12/2017
- COMEY SPEAKS 6/14/2017
- DONALD TRUMP: STUPID, GUILTY OR BOTH? 5/17/2017
- THE TRUMP CENTURY MARK 5/3/2017
- WHEN AN ARMADA IS NOT AN ARMADA 4/26/2017
- THE TRUMP DOCTRINE 4/19/2017
- OUT LIKE FLYNN 4/5/2017
- HEALTH CARE: HERE WE GO AGAIN 3/15/2017
- MORE FUN WITH THE RUSSIAN THING 3/8/2017
- OUT LIKE FLYNN 2/22/2017
- SORRY…NO “DO-OVERS” 2/8/2017
- “ALTERNATIVE FACTS” 2/1/2017
- GROUND RULES FOR DONALD TRUMP COMMENTARY 1/25/2017
- JOE COOL…OUT! 1/18/2017
Politics 2016
- A SEASONAL WISH 12/24/2016
- IN PRAISE OF THE DAILY SHOW (THE BOOK) 12/21/2016
- NEXT UP – OUST CHRISTIE 12/14/2016
- PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP – AN EXPLANATION IN TWO PARTS 11/16/2016
- THE BALLAD OF DISTRICT FIVE 12/7/2016
- FINAL THOUGHTS ON ELECTION 2016 11/9/2016
- SCOTT GARRETT’S INTIMIDATION MACHINE VERSUS ME 11/2/2016
- SCOTT GARRETT NEEDS AN ASS KICKING 10/26/2016
- AFTER TRUMP 10/19/2016
- THE JOKE’S OVER 10/5/2016
- TIME FOR CHRIS CHRISTIE TO GO TO JAIL 9/28/2016
- THE GARY JOHNSON FACTOR 9/14/2016
- MADAM SHOO-IN: DAILY CRISIS 9/7/2016
- ISIS – THE END IS NIGH 8/31/2016
- THE LAST GASP FOR CITIZEN TRUMP 8/24/2016
- NEW YAWK, NEW YAWK 8/17/2016
- REVENGE OF THE POLITICIANS 8/3/2016
- THE TRUMP SHOW 7/27/2016
- HYPOCRITES & SORE LOSERS ON PARADE 7/20/2016
- NOW…IT’S OVER 7/13/2016
- WHY BERNIE SANDERS MATTERS 6/1/2016
- DONALD J. TRUMP, REPUBLICAN NOMINEE – WTF?? 5/11/2016
- WHAT’S THE POINT OF TED CRUZ? 5/4/2016
- THE GREAT REPUBLICAN LIE ON ABORTION 4/3/2016
- MADAM SHOO-IN – THE SEQUEL 3/23/2016
- CIVIL WAR! 3/9/2016
- MYTH BUSTER IN CHIEF 3/2/2016
- THE SCALIA BOMB 2/24/2016
- MISTAH CHRISTIE HE DEAD 2/17/2016
- EXPLAINING BERNIE SANDERS 2/10/2016
- THE NAKED EMPEROR VS THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN 2/3/2016
- WHY DONALD TRUMP MUST BE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE 1/27/2016/2016
- GUNS: MONEY, POLITICS & HYPERBOLE 1/13/2016
Politics 2015
- MASS SHOOTING IN SAN BERNADINO 12/9/2015
- APRES PARIS LE DELUGE 11/25/2015
- THIS REVOLUTION IS TELEVISED 11/11/2015
- SYRIA – A BIG MISTAKE 11/4/2015
- THE SOUND OF THE BARREL’S BOTTOM BEING SCRAPED 10/28/2015
- A HOUSE DIVIDED 10/14/2015
- SYRIA & THE MID/DLE EAST EITHER/OR THEORY 10/7/2015
- JOE COOL DOMINATING 9/16/2015
- WHITE GUY WRITING ABOUT #BLACKLIVESMATTER 9/9/2015
- A NEW TWIST ON WEEKLY SHOOTING 9/2/2015
- MEDIA, MONEY & DONALD TRUMP 8/26/2015
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD & MADE-UP SHIT 8/12/2015
- UBER VERSUS NYC 7/29/2015
- THE IRAN DEAL AND THE SECRET WAR ON ISIS 7/22/2015
- EQUALITY…OF COURSE 7/8/2015
- FLAGS ARE BULLSHIT 7/1/2015
- WELCOME (BACK) TO THE JUNGLE 6/17/2015
- GOODBYE PATRIOT ACT 6/10/2015
- ELIZABETH WARREN UNLEASHED 5/27/2015
- BALTIMORE IS BURNING 5/6/2015
- IRAN: SO FAR AWAY 4/29/2015
- MADAM SHOO-IN PART II 4/22/2015
- INDIANA DREAMIN’4/8/2015
- MIDDLE EAST BLOOD JUGGLES 4/1/2015
- THE EQUALITY OF HATE 3/18/2015
- WHERE THERE IS NO THERE…THERE 3/11/2015
- THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE CLASS 2/11/2015
- 114th CONGRESS 1/21/2015
- JE SUIS CHARLIE 1/14/2015
Politics 2014
- VIVA LA CUBA! 12/24/2014
- CONVENIENTLY INVISIBLE AMERICA 12/17/2014
- I CAN’T BREATHE! 12/10/2014
- FEAR OF A BARACK PLANET 11/12/2014
- NEW JERSEY: HOME OFFICE TYRANNY 11/5/2014
- FINAL OBSERVATIONS – ONE WEEK OUT 10/29/2014
- ROB ASTORINO UNPLUGGED 10/15/2014
- OBAMAWAR 9/25/2014
- HERE WE GO AGAIN 9/10/2014
- FEARGUSON, U.S.A 8/27/2014
- AUGUST 8, 1974 8/13/2014
- CONTEMPLATING GAZA 8/6/2014
- THE AGE OF POLITICAL INERTIA 7/22/2014
- CIVIL RIGHTS ACT AT 50 7/9/2014
- IN PRAISE OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH (AGAIN) 6/25/2014
- TIME WARP 6/25/2014
- VA SCANDAL: OUR IMPRINT, OUR LEGACY, OUR SIN 5/29/2014
- ROB ASTORINO TAKES THE STAGE 5/21/2014
- NO CURE FOR STUPID 5/7/2014
- BUNDY RANCH SOLUTION: FREE-FOR-ALL IN NEVADA 4/30/2014
- DESPERATE DEMOCRATS LOWBALL STRATEGY 2014 4/24/2014
- MONEY, CORRUPTION & THE FREE THINKER PRINCIPLE 4/17/2014
- RELIGIOUS NONSENSE & THE LAW 4/2/2014
- CRIMEA: THE RUSSIAN SHEEP THEOREM 3/26/2014
- MY FRIEND…THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK? 3/12/2014
- THEOLOGY OF SCIENCE 2/26/2014
- PRELUDE TO IRRELEVANCE 2/5/2014
- LAST CHANCE POWER DRIVE 1/15/2014
Politics 2013
- NELSON MANDELA – 1918-2013 12/11/2013
- THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS AT 150 11/19/2013
- IT CAME FROM NEW JERSEY 11/13/2013
- AFFORDABLE CARE ACT I – SHIT BALLS 10/29/2013
- HAMMER TIME FOR JOE COOL 10/16/2013
- THE HOUSE DIVIDED PRINCIPLE 10/9/2013
- VLADIMIR PUTIN: SATIRIST 9/18/2013
- BOONDOGGLE UPDATE 9/11/2013
- SYRIA – JUST SAY NO 9/4/2013
- STOP & FRISK 8/21/2013
- EGYPT: DEMOCRACY, RELIGION & THE NEW DIVIDE 7/24/2013
- GRAPEFRUIT CIRCUS BLOWS THROUGH TOWN 7/17/2013
- Down Goes DOMA – 7/3/2013
- EVERYTHING IS DISEASE – 6/28/2013
- EDWARD J. SNOWDEN & GLENN GREENWALD: HACKING INTO HYPOCRISY – 6/19/13
- The Self-Perpetuating Gorge Of Power or How The IRS Becomes Hal 9000 – 6/3/13
- How I Learned To Stop Worrying & The Love The Shield Law – 5/29/13
- Second Term Jinx – Obama Style – 5/22/13
- Be Careful – 5/1/13
- The Lessons of Boston – 4/24/13
- Springtime For North Korea– 4/17/13
- Supreme Decision – 4/3/13
- Holy Land Obama – 3/20/13
- Sequester Diary – 3/2/13
- Joe Cool Budget/Guns/Immigration/Education Tour – 2/27/13
- Life (And Death) During Perpetual Wartime – 2/13/13
- Tobacco, Booze & Firearms – An American Love Story – 1/23/13
- Guns & The American Experiment – 1/16/13
- Tax Hikes, No Deal & The GOP War – 1/9/13
Politics 2012
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- Thanks For Next To Nothing – 11/21/12
- Joe Cool Stomp II– 11/14/12
- Countdown Election – 11/8/12
- Women, Women, Women – 10/31/12
- New Ball Game – 10/17/12
- Obama Slumber Party– 10/10/12
- Train Wreck Romney – 9/26/12
- The Show Part II – 9/12/12
- The Show Part I – 9/5/12
- A-Riteway Construction Must Be Stopped – 8/29/12
- The Paul Ryan Factor – 8/22/12
- Convenient “Free Speech” – 8/15/12
- What Is Mitt Romney Afraid Of? – 7/25/12
- Last Word On The Independent Vote – 7/18/12
- Supreme Cop-Out – 7/4/12
- What’s The Deal With Attonreys General? – 6/27/12
- The Summer Of Obama – 6/20/12
- Recall Bust – 6/13/12
- The Defiant Capitlaist Returns – 5/23/12
- Welcome To The Funhouse – 5/18/12
- GOP Lockdown – 5/2/12
- The Buffett Rule? – 4/25/12
- Revenge Of The Nerds – 4/11/12
- Health Care On Trial – 4/4/12
- Look Away Dixie Land – 3/28/12
- Super Dud – 3/14/12
- Dear Mista Christie – 3/7/12
- The Frontrunner Shuffle – 2/29/12
- The Israel Threat – 2/22/12
- A Question of Secular Faith – 2/15/12
- Joe Cool Carries The Two – 2/1/12
- South Carolina Mudsling – 1/25/12
- Citizen Romney – 1/18/12
- Hawkeye Hoodwink – 1/11/12
Politics 2011
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- Congress Circa 112 – 1/12/11
- The Echoes Of Tucson In The United States Of FantasyLand – 1/19/11
- The Joe Cool Comeback Rally – 2/2/11
- Cairo: Egyptian Experiment In Anarchy – 2/9/11
- The Tea Party Man – 2/16/11
- While You’re Away – 2/23/11
- Jobs, Jobs, Jobs – 3/9/11
- The Cake Has Been Taken – 3/16/11
- The Ides Of Libya – 3/30/11
- Countdown To Compromise – 4/6/11
- Opening Act – 4/13/11
- Osama & Out – 5/11/11
- Vox Schizophrenia – 6/1/11
- Weinergate – 6/15/11
- The Courtship of Chris Christie – 6/22/11
- One Vote – 6/29/11
- Debt Ceiling Showdown – 7/13/11
- Bring It On – 7/20/11
- Averting The Crisis That Wasn’t – 8/3/11
- S & P vs. U.S.A. – 8/17/11
- The Joe Cool Double-Reverse Hail Mary– 9/14/11
- Class Warfare, Job Creators & Other Myths – 9/28/11
- GOP Vacuum – 10/5/11
- All Hail The Super Committee! – 11/23/11
- The Ron Paul Factor – 12/21/11
Politics 2010
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- 2010: Year of the Faux Revolution – 1/13/10
- Barack Obama’s America: Year One – 1/20/10
- Mr. Brown Goes To Washington – 1/27/10
- We The People – 2/10/10
- The Independents Sweepstakes – 2/24/10
- Health Care Summit? – 3/3/10
- The Curious Case of “The Al Qaada 7” – 3/17/10
- Health Care U.S.A. – 3/24/10
- Ten Lies About Health Care Reform – 3/31/10
- With Friends Like These… – 4/14/10
- Tax Day Speech 2010 – 4/21/10
- G-R-E-E-D – 5/5/10
- Arizona Calling – 5/12/10
- N.J. Faux Revolution 2010 – 5/26/10
- Exit Stage Left – 6/23/10
- G.I. JOKE – 6/30/10
- Victory For Liberty & Justice For All – 8/11/10
- Grand Old Party – How Big Is Thy Hammer? – 9/8/10
- The Money Season – 9/22/10
- Democrats Circle The Wagons – 10/13/10
- March of the Crazies – 10/27/10
- Elephant Avalanche – 11/10/10
- Politics Of The Tax Cut – 12/8/10
- Citizen Health Care – 12/29/10
Politics 2009
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- Mr. Burris Goes To Washington – 1/14/09
- So Long Captain Shoo-In – 1/21/09
- The Change Express – 1/28/09
- Vox Stimuli – 2/11/09
- The Great Leap Of Faith – 3/4/09
- Outrage Squared – 4/1/09
- Anarchy In The U.K. – 4/8/09
- Dawn Of The Ace Age – 4/15/09
- Last Words On The United States Of Torture – 4/29/09
- The Century Mark – 5/6/09
- The Sins Of Pakistan – 5/27/09
- Dinasaurs On Sixth Avenue – 6/3/09
- The Allah Stomp – 6/24/09
- The Healthcare Shuffle – 7/29/09
- Stupidly, Stupidly, Stupidly… – 8/5/09
- “Un-American Is Un-American – 8/19/09
- Last Temptation Of Obama – 8/26/09
- Edward Moore Kennedy – 9/2/09
- Hopeville In Autumn – 9/16/09
- The Race Illusion – 9/23/09
- Afghanistan: The Original Quagmire – 10/7/09
- Solutions (Sort of) For National Health Care – 10/14/09
- Rob Astorino: Friend & Colleague in the Land of Scum – 10/29/09
- Foul Nectar of the Beatdown – 11/11/09
- Fort Hood’s Sociological Backlash – 11/18/09
- Collectivism on Parade – 11/25/09
- Health Care Finale – 12/16/09
Politics 2008
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- Iowa: What Happened? – 1/9/08
- New Hampshire: Same Old Song & Dance – 1/16/08
- The Heart & Soul Of Party Politics Part I – 1/23/08
- The Heart & Soul Of Party Politics Part II – 1/30/08
- And Then There Were Three – 2/6/08
- Goodbye Super Tuesday – 2/13/08
- Independence Rules – 2/20/08
- Cheesehead Victory Lap – 2/27/08
- The Emperor’s New Factory Girl – 3/12/08
- The Democrats Are Burning – 3/19/08
- The Speech – 3/26/08
- The Party vs. The Machine – 4/9/08
- Iraq – The New Iran – 4/16/08
- Confession Of An Elitist – 4/23/08
- Keystone Kop-Out – 4/30/08
- Let’s Make A Deal – 5/14/08
- The Great Divide – 5/21/08
- Will The Real John McCain Please Stand Up – 5/28/08
- Fuck Scott McClellen – 6/4/08
- Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie – 6/11/08
- 18 In ’08: Part I – 6/25/08
- 18 In ’08: Part II – 7/2/08
- Obama In The Uphill Part I – 8/6/08
- Obama In The Uphill Part II – 8/13/08
- Open Letter To Barack Obama – 8/27/08
- The Rocky Mountain Shill – 9/3/08
- Hurricane Palin Steals Thunder From RNC – 9/10/08
- The Total Eclipse Of McCain – 9/17/08
- Welcome To The People’s Republic Of America – 10/1/08
- Power To The People – 10/8/08
- Joe Cool Down The Stretch – 10/22/08
- GOP R.I.P. -10/29/08
- What’s Worth Voting For -11/5/08
- An Open Apology To America – 11/12/08
- Beggars & Choosers – 12/3/08
- Oh Nine: Year Of The Guilty – 12/31/08
Politics Archive
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- On The Trail Of A Kidnapped Journalist – 6/96
- Bill Bradley Letter – 8/10/99
- RAGING AGAINST THE MACHINE: Political Pit Bull, Pat Buchanan Takes Off The Kid Gloves in His Grass Roots Run for President – 1/26/00
- Cheap Garments And Lesser Words On Super Tuesday – 3/22/00
- Castro, Baseball And The Great Divide – 4/26/00
- The Giuliani Dilemma – 5/31/00
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- Anarchy In Bushland – 10/29/03
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- The NSA Tapes – 5/24/06
- The Democrats Are Finished – 6/21/06
- Al Qaeda Shell Game – 6/28/06
- Unreliable Sources – 7/19/06
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- THE SCOURGE OF BRIAN WILLIAMS & OTHER THINGS – 2/18/2015
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- 12 – 12/28/11
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- George Carlin 1937 – 2008 – 7/9/08
- Queen Of Vernon 1993 – 2007 – 1/2/08
- London Recalling – 11/21/07
- On The Road At 50 Part II – 10/10/07
- On The Road At 50 Part I – 10/3/07
- Mass Media Democracy – 9/26/07
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- Decayed At The Desk – 8/8/07
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- Free Paris Hilton – 6/20/07
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- Inmates In Charge – 8/17/93
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- Before The Kings: Ali in America 1964– 2/23/94
- Scooter Arrives:Better Late Than Never – 3/2/94
- The Mick’s Last Victory – 3/23/94
- Diary Of A Sports Madman – 5/4/94
- Violence In Sports -5/25/94
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- Tyson Sits While Boxing Waits – 6/15/94
- O.J. Simpson: Superstar Images Die Hard – 6/22/94
- A Major League Mess Is Brewing – 7/20/94
- Donnie Baseball’s Last Stand – 7/27/94
- A View Of the Strike From The Front Lines – 8/24/94
- The Face Of Yorktown Football Is Smiling – 11/23/94
- Yorktown Still Unconquered And Unbeaten – 11/30/94
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- Why We Care About Tiger Woods – 12/9/09
- Lebron James Play Basketball – 7/14/10
- George Steinbrenner III – 1930 – 2010– 7/21/10
- Penn State – Institution Defeats Humanity Again – 11/16/11
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- N.C. State & The Birth of March Madness – 3/27/13
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- MO 10/2/2013
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- #2 10/1/2014
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- The Artist/Roseland Ballroom 1/11/97
- Counting Crows/The Wallflowers/PNC Arts Center 7/14/97
- Ani DiFranco/Capitol Theater 3/21/97
- Sinead O’Connor/Beacon Theater 8/26/97
- Ani DiFranco/Carnegie Hall 4/6/01
- Counting Crows/William Paterson University 10/19/01
- Ani DiFranco Interview – 4/21/02
- A Conversation With Ani DiFranco Part I– 5/15/02
- A Conversation With Ani DiFranco Part II – 5/22/02
- Angry Ode To The Captain – 11/6/02
- Ode To The Undying Spirit – 12/18/02
- Dan Bern and the IJB/Bowery Ballroom – 3/30/03
- Dan Bern Interview -3/26/03
- Talkin’ Dan Bern Muse Part I – 4/16/03
- Talkin’ Dan Bern Muse Part II – 4/30/03
- Dan Bern/Bottom Line – 10/29/03
- Ani DiFranco/Beacon Theater – 12/10/03
- Peter Blasevick Calls It Quits – 3/28/04
- Dan Bern Interview -10/17/03
- Patty Griffin Interview– 4/7/04
- Patty Griffin Digs Deep – 4/28/04
- Patty Griffin/TownHall 5/8/04– 5/19/04
- Springtime For Bernstein – 5/5/04
- Ani DiFranco In Bloom – 5/12/04
- Jane Siberry/Zankel Hall 3/11/06 – 3/22/06
- Tending Oxygen Bar With Dan Bern – 9/13/06
- Paul Stanley Interview – 10/18/06
- Randy Newman/Carnegie Hall 10/11/06 – 11/8/06
- Eric Hutchinson/Cutting Room 10/17/06 – 11/22/06
- James Brown -1933-2006 – 1/3/07
- Adam Schlesinger Interview – 4/6/07
- Fountains Of Wayne/Yuppie Blues – 4/18/07
- The Nasty, Junky, Funky, Lowdown Country Blues – 5/9/07
- Melissa Ferrick Interview – 6/19/07
- Melissa Ferrick/Union Hall 6/22/07 – 7/18/07
- Eric Hutchinson Sounds Like This – 9/19/07
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- Adam Duritz Out Of The Abyss– 3/26/08
- Lucinda Williams Interview -2/22/09
- Tori Amos Interview – 7/28/09
- The Sins Of Tori Amos -8/12/09
- Alice Cooper Interview – 9/17/09
- Alice Cooper: Cabaret Villain – 9/23/09
- Dan Bern/City Winery – 6/19/10
- Deep Tank to Weird Blood – 9/15/10
- Why The Fuck Isn’t Kiss in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? – 10/6/10
- The Uncommon Bonds of Common Rotation – 11/28/11
- The Invisible Virtuoso – 5/9/12
- The Thin White Jukebox – 6/20/12
- Alice Cooper: American Treasure – 6/20/12
- Dan Bern – Drifter – 6/20/12
- Volume Lens – The Iconic Art of Bob Gruen– 6/20/12
- John Densmore Interview – 4/9/13
- The Doors: Identiy Crisis In The Land of $$$ – 4/24/13
- ALICE COOPER INTERVIEW – 9/4/13
- MOOD SWINGS ON BROADWAY – STEELY DAN AT BEACON THEATER 10/4/13– 10/4/13
- Boy – Taking the process on tour 10/2013
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- Keith Richards At 70– 12/17/13
- THE BEATLES – THE WEEK – THE LEGACY – 2/12/14
- A Songwriter’s Cyber Showcase – 3/12/14
- ERIC HUTCHINSON’S PURE FICTION – 4/16/14
- TRUTH IN CHARACTER – 8/7/14
- SNAPSHOTS FROM UNDER WONDERLAND – 8/27/14
- SURPRISE, IT’S GINA ROYALE! – 2/6/15
- NICK HOWARD & THE STRANGE BUT REWARDING JOURNEY OF SONG – 4/8/15
- DAN BERN – TRANSITIONS – 4/20/15
- AN OPEN LETTER TO PETE TOWNSHEND ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY – 5/20/15
- RECALLING THE ETERNAL WAVE – A Brief Conversation with the Legendary Brian Wilson – 7/1/15
- COUNTING CROWS: NEXT STOP, AMERICA – 8/27/15
- DAVID BOWIE 1947 – 2016 – 1/20/2016
- SIR GEORGE HENRY MARTIN – 1926 -2016 – 3/16/2016
- ACE FREHLEY LOOKS BACK IN PRIDE – 4/6/2016
- PRINCE ROGERS NELSON – 1958 – 2016 – 4/27/2016
- THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT THE ROLLING STONES – 6/22/2016
- WHY NOT ALLICE? – 9/21/2016
- VIEWS FROM THE ROAD: THE ADAM DURITZ INTERVIEW – 8/9/2016
- EVOLUTION OF A YOUNG WOMAN AS AN ARTIST – 10/5/2016
- CHARLES EDWARD ANDERSON “CHUCK” BERRY – 1926 – 2017 – 3/29/2017
- LOVE…TO…TURN…YOU…ON – 5/31/2017
- THOMAS EARL PETTY – 1950 – 2017 – 10/11/2017
- STEPHEN KELLOGG – ROAD DIARY AT 40 – 11/15/2017
- Aretha Franklin – 1942 – 2018 – 8/22/2018
- Seán Barna: Impressions Be Damned – 9/18/2018
- STEPHEN KELLOGG & HIS OBJECTS OF HOPE – 4/17/2019
- Rob Thomas: Out of the Pocket – 5/22/2019
- DANIEL JOHNSTON – 1961 – 2019 – 9/18/2019
- ADAM SCHLESINGER – 1967-2020 – 4/8/2020
- “LITTLE RICHARD” WAYNE PENNIMAN – 1932 – 2020 – 5/20/2020
- CHARLES ROBERT WATTS – 1941 – 2021 – 9/1/2021
- ONE ALIEN ALIENATION IN THE ALIEN NATION – 6/16/2022
- JAMES PAUL MCCARTNEY TURNS 80 – 6/22/2022
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- The Healing Kind of ‘An Evening at Macri Park’ – 5/8/2023
- Jack Curry Interview Transcript – 5/16/2023
- Two Men. A Room. Reliving the Making of ‘Nebraska’ – 5/24/2023
- SINEAD MARIE BERNADETTE O’CONNOR (SHUHADA SADAQAT) 1966 – 2023 – 7/26/23
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- SIX-OH 9/12/2022
- SADIE – 2006 – 2/22/22 3/2/2022
- SO… I GOT COVID1/15/2022
- NAVIGATING THE CAR DEALERSHIP GAMUT 10/6/2021
- THE DAY MY FATHER DIED11/6/2019
- OPEN LETTER TO MY WIFE IV 6/12/2019
- THIRTY-SIX HOURS10/24/2018
- SALINGER (THE CAT) 2006 – 20188/18/2018
- TWO DECADES – ONE SPACE – 6/21/2017
- STUMBLING INTO FATHERHOOD – 6/21/2017
- THE BODY EXPERIMENT – 6/24/15
- OPEN LETTER TO MY WIFE III – 6/11/2014
- Readers Responses – 4/10/13
- Readers Responses – 9/26/12
- Readers Responses -1/30/13
- Readers Responses -1/2/13
- 12/14/12 -12/26/12
- Open Letter To My Wife PART II – 6/17/09
THE CLASSICS
The top ten all-time Reality Check columns as determined by volume of mail or immediate feedback by the hearty members of the indomitable Check Group.
- Bill Clinton: An Appreciation – 9/1/98
- R.I.P. Woodstock – 8/11/99
- NY Toll Madness 11/18/97
THE 9/11 SERIES
This five-part commentary is now lauded among readers as some of jc’s finest columns in the wake of the events of 9/11. Two of these brutally honest pieces were included in the charity compendeum, “Glory: A Nation’s Spirit Defeats the Attack on America.” (2001)
- 9/11/01 – 9/19/01
- Enemies Of Reason – 9/26/01
- The Folly Of Negotiating With Maniacs – 10/2/01
- Kasbah Rocking – 10/10/01
- Humanity Lost – 10/31/01
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Jim my boy. How are you? I have no alternative way of reaching you. Call me on my cell. I’m looking for an announcer this Sunday for a live broadcast for a wooden bat league all-star game from 1-4 pm. I know it’s last minute. I hope you see this and I hope you are well.
Mike Miner