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Politics

• 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
• The Ballad Of Rick Lazio – 6/7/00
• The Great Debate On Debates – 7/19/00
• The VP Factor & Other Boring Political Summer Tales – 8/9/00
• Georgetown On The Floor – 8/16/00
• Joseph Lieberman & The Great Leap Of Faith – 8/23/00
• Tinsletown Looney Tunes – 8/30/00
• The New Gore Rules – 9/20/00
• Taking The Pulse Of America – 10/11/00
• Notes From The Campaign Fringe – 10/18/00
• Deconstructing Hillary – 10/25/00
• Last Tango In Ghostland – 11/1/00
• Surviving The Great “System” Anal Probe – 11/29/00
• Ten Lies About The 2000 Presidential Dispute – 12/13/00
• Requiem For A Lightweight – 12/20/00
• Spoils From The Victor – 1/3/01
• Exile On Ecology Street – 1/24/01
• So Long To Bill Clinton – Minister Of Fun -1/31/01
• Help Wipe Out Federal Clemency In Our Time – 3/7/01
• Anatomy of a Tax Cut – 3/21/01
• Campaign Finance For An Elightened Age – 4/11/01
• The China Syndrome – 4/18/01
• War is Hell & Other Exclusives – 5/9/01
• The FBI & Timothy McVeigh – 5/23/01
• Oilmen To The Rescue – 5/30/01
• Broken Heroes On Highway 9 – 7/4/01
• Song of the Bloated Hyena – 7/11/01
• Desperately Leaking Condit – 7/18/01
• Stem-Cell Redux – 8/22/01
• Last Word On Lying Sacks of Shit – 9/5/01
• Casualties Of War – 11/6/01
• How The Bruised Apple Was Won – 11/14/01
• Israel Under Siege – 12/12/01
• A Georgetown Christmas – 12/26/01
• Remembering Uncle Rudy, King Of New Gotham – 1/2/02
• What Now? – 1/23/02
• Inside Enron – 2/20/02
• Battle Line America – 3/6/02
• The Dick Cheney World Tour – 3/20/02
• Curbing The Insane & Other Sober Judgments – 4/24/02
• Introduction To Parenting In A Predatory Environment – 5/8/02
• A Conversation With Ani DiFranco Part I– 5/15/02
• A Conversation With Ani DiFranco Part II – 5/22/02
• The Blame Game – 6/5/02
• Courts A-Go-Go – 7/3/02
• A Mid-Summer’s Night Standoff – 7/17/02
• Bare Knuckle Jungle – 7/24/02
• All Together Now…Recession!! – 8/7/02
• NYC – One Year Later – 9/11/02
• Mid-Term Madness – 10/2/02
• Senator Quitter Or The Ballad Of A Gutless Swine – 10/9/02
• The Big Olympic Lie – 11/13/02
• A Georgetown Christmas – 12/25/02
• Selective Heroism – 1/29/03
• The Price of Safety – 2/5/03
• Propaganda 101 – 2/19/03
• The Bill For Rebuilding Iraq – 2/26/03
• The Blessed Right of Dissent – 3/5/03
• Abandoning Reason at the Fort – 3/12/03
• Ten Lies About The US Invasion Of Iraq – 3/26/03
• Post Mortem For War Coverage – 4/9/03
• Victory Mandate & Other Silly Claims – 5/14/03
• Bear Hunt Madness – 5/21/03
• The Homeland Security Shuffle – 5/28/03
• Final Answers From The Roadmap to Peace – 6/18/03
• A Sober View From The Trenches – 7/23/03
• California Schemin’ – 8/6/03
• Georgetown In Cali Part II -9/17/03
• Georgetown In Cali -9/10/03
• Schwarzenegger & The Left Wing GOP
• Anarchy In Bushland – 10/29/03
• Harbinger of the Flower People – 12/3/03
• Why Howard Dean Cannot Win A General Election – 12/17/03
• The Chunk Of Puke Principle – 12/24/03
• Primary Palaestra – 1/21/04
• DogFight Revisited – 1/28/04
• New Hampshire Fallout – 2/4/03
• The “Real” Super Tuesday Hammerlock – 2/11/04
• Last Word On WMD’S – 2/18/04
• Bigotry & Gay Marriage – 3/17/04
• The Denizens of Politics – 4/14/04
• High Stakes – Bad Breaks – 4/21/04
• Man Overboard – 5/19/04
• The Georgetown Factor – 5/26/04
• The Georgetown Factor Part II – 6/2/04
• D-Day – 60 Years Hence – 6/9/04
• You Say You Want A Saudi Revolution? – 6/30/04
• The Edwards Factor – 7/14/04
• The Mediocre Elite Arise – 7/28/04
• G.I. John Digs In – 8/4/04
• Running Scared – 8/11/04
• Cornered GOP Beasts Throws Ugly – 8/18/04
• Ralph Nader’s Last Stand?– 8/25/04
• Notes From The Cesspool Part I – 9/1/04
• Elephants On Eighth Avenue – 9/8/04
• Notes From The Cesspool Part II – 9/15/04
• Kerry In Neutral – 9/29/04
• Half-Truths & Sound Bites – 10/6/04
• No Rest For The Desperate – 10/20/04
• Why George Bush Must Go – 10/27/04
• Second Term Madness – 11/10/04
• Exit Stage Arafat – 11/17/04
• The Iron Fist Principle Part I – 12/8/04
• The Iron Fist Principle Part II – 12/15/04
• Manifest Destiny Made Easier – 12/29/04
• Malpractice Lunacy or Medical Tyranny – 1/19/05
• In Bush We Trust – 1/2/05
• Torch Song of the Money Wise – 1/9/05
• Liberal Bias In The Media – 3/16/05
• Condee Spins Eternal – 3/23/05
• Deconstructing The Constitution – 3/30/05
• We Want Bolton – 5/4/05
• GOP Gridlock Part 1 – 5/11/05
• GOP Gridlock Part 2 – 5/18/05
• Deep Throat – A Tribute – 6/8/05
• Caveat Emptor – 7/6/05
• The “Karl Rove Is Innocent” Favor Rendered – 7/20/05
• Open Letter To Fidel Castro – 7/27/05
• Senator Rodham Meets The Bride Of Uncle Rudy – 8/17/05
• Journalism In A Vacuum – 8/31/05
• The Big Desperate – 9/14/05
• Solutions For OPEC Price Gouging – 9/21/05
• Tom Delay – Road Kill – 10/12/05
• A View From The Barricades Part I – 10/26/05
• A View From The Barricades Part II – 11/2/05
• The Chief Executive’s New Clothes – 11/30/05
• When Good Ideas Are Executed By Dumb Asses – 12/7/05
• The Song & Dance Man Revisited – 12/14/05
• Surrealism Safety Brigade – 12/21/05
• Invisible & Paralyzed – 12/28/05
• Judging Alito – 1/25/06
• Hooray For Hamas! – 2/8/06
• Dick Cheney – King of All Media – 2/22/06
• President On Trial At Local High School – 3/22/06
• Mr. Mojo Sinking – 4/5/06
• Viva Le Cheap Labor – 4/12/06
• Scooter’s Song – 4/19/06
• Iran Crisis Is A Fraud – 4/26/06
• Praise Be To Oil Barons – 5/10/06
• 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
• The Israeli Defense Force Summer Tour – 7/26/06
• Dogpile On The Loons – 8/2/06
• The Lieberman Experiment – 8/16/06
• Middle East Solutions – 8/23/06
• Ching-Ching, Cash In On Tragedy! Part 1 – 9/20/06
• Ching-Ching, Cash In On Tragedy! Part 2 – 9/27/06
• Midterm Elections Dilemma – 10/11/06
• Senatorial See Saw – 10/18/06
• A House Divided – 10/25/06
• Conservatism Vs. Fundamentalism – 11/8/06
• Dems Sweep, GOP Weeps – 11/15/06
• Punchline Iraq – 12/13/06
• Gerald Ford? – 1/10/07
• Challenge To The 110th Congress – 1/17/07
• Dead Man Talking – 1/31/07
• War vs. Occupation – 2/14/07
• Bush -1 Democrats – 0 – 3/7/07
• A Reluctant Guide To Campaign 2008 Part I -3/14/07
• A Reluctant Guide To Campaign 2008 Part II -3/21/07
• Frat House Fracas – 5/16/07
• Independence ’08 – 6/13/07
• The Nifong Chronicles – 6/27/07
• Song Of The Dying Whale – 7/11/07
• The Blame Game – 7/25/07
• Pot & Kettle Revelations – 9/12/07
• Four Corner Petraeus – 9/19/07
• The Hillary Machine – 10/31/07
• Expatriate Windfall – 11/7/07
• 30 Days To Pay Dirt – 12/5/07
• Mitt Romney: Don’t Ask – Don’t Tell – 12/12/07

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• “PLENTY OF PRETTY VOICES WITH NOTHING TO SAY” – 4/20/2022
• KEROUAC CENTURY – 3/16/2022
• THE VONNEGUT CATHARSIS & THE PAIN OF WAR – 2/9/2022
• THE SWEET & SOUR MUSIC OF HUNTER S. THOMPSON – 12/15/2021
• THE POLITICS, CULTURE & SPIRIT OF SOUL – 7/21/21
• OUR MONSTER FIXATION – 4/14/2021
• THE GHOSTS OF HATE & FREEDOM – 2/12/2020
• AUGUST 15 – 18, 1969 – 8/14/2019
• AUGUST 9, 1969 – 8/7/2019
• JULY 20, 1969 7/24/2019
• THE DISHONEST ARTIST – 1/30/2019
• RESURRECTING LENNY – 12/19/2018
• STAN LEE – 1922 – 2018 – 11/21/2018
• TOM WOLFE – 1930 – 2018 – 5/23/2018
• THE GRADUATE at 50 – 4/4/2018
• IN PRAISE OF ENCOUNTERS – 1/17/2018
• THE SUMMER OF “ANNIE HALL” AT 40 – 7/19/2017
• APOLOGY SYNDROME 2017 – 6/7/2017
• WILL SOMEONE PLEASE HAVE SEX WITH BILL O’REILLY? – 4/12/2017
• IN PRAISE OF THE DAILY SHOW (THE BOOK) – 12/21/2016
• THAT METAL SHOW ON THE RUN – 3/16/2016
• IN DEFENSE OF EBENEZER SCROOGE – 12/23/2015
• UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY OF TWO MILLENNIA – 12/16/2015
• MISE EN DREAD – 2/25/2015
• THE SCOURGE OF BRIAN WILLIAMS & OTHER THINGS – 2/18/2015
• MIKE NICHOLS – 1931 – 2014 – 11/26/2014
• Southern Comfort Interrupted – 2/6/13
• In Praise of Vegan is Love – 8/1/12
• Make Way, Mick Jagger– 5/9/12
• 12 – 12/28/11
• South West Black Friday Revelations – 12/7/11
• Chasing The Center While Kickin’ ‘Round The Fringe – 11/2/11
• American Youth – Movement, Fad Or Voice? – 10/26/11
• #OWS – 10/12/11
• No, Thanks – 9/2/11
• Titans Out – 8/31/11
• We Suck (Apparently) – 8/24/11
• Rubert Murdoch – A Tribute – 7/27/11
• How I’ll Spend Judgment Day – 5/25/11
• Art of the Giddy Hangover – 5/4/11
• Okay…Donald Trump – 4/27/11
• Anglo-America On Parade– 3/2/11
• “Wizard Of Oz” Remake (No Shit) – 11/24/10
• Consumer vs. Cablevision vs. News Corp.– 11/3/10
• Free Speech Redux – 9/1/10
• Mosques, Slevin, Newt & The Nazi Pope – 8/18/10
• Happy Birthday Doctor Thompson – 7/28/10
• An Open Letter To British Petroleum – 6/9/10
• Jerome David Salinger – 1919-2010 – 2/3/10
• Ghost of Free Market Past – 12/23/09
• Woody Being Woody – 7/15/09
• Michael Jackson – 1958 – 2009 – 7/8/09
• What Is News? – 4/22/09
• Send In The Clowns – 3/18/09
• The Bogus Battle For Christmas – 12/24/08
• We’re All Fine – 12/10/08
• The Summer Of Survival – 7/23/08
• 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
• While We Were Away… – 9/5/07
• Decayed At The Desk – 8/8/07
• A Very Filthy Christmas – John Waters Interview – 12/12/07
• Michael Moore & His “SiCKO” Utopia – 7/4/07
• Free Paris Hilton – 6/20/07
• An Open Letter From God On Smiting Jerry Falwell – 5/30/07
• Kurt Vonnegut – 1922-2007 – 5/2/07
• NBC & The Network Rubber Neck – 4/25/07
• Of Villains, Victims & Vengence – 4/18/07
• Why I Should Be A Juror – 4/4/07
• Free-Trade Propaganda – 3/28/07
• Snow Day – 2/21/07
• Hot House Rising – 2/7/07
• Wishes For 2007 – 1/3/07
• “Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride” – 12/6/06
• The O.J. Simpson Cultural Mirror Strikes Again – 11/29/06
• CBGB – RIP – 11/1/06
• Warren Buffet For Sainthood – 7/5/06
• The Gueem – 1997 – 2006 – 5/31/06
• Speed Generation – 5/17/06
• Propaganda For Sale – Cheap! – 3/8/06
• Loony Toons – 2/15/06
• I Have A Dream – 1/18/06
• Rosa Louise Parks – 1913-2005 – 11/9/05
• BallBusting 101 – 10/5/05
• In Praise of Intelligent Design Verus Evolution – 8/10/05
• Eminent Domain & The Saga Of Zander The Bat – 7/13/05
• Legalize Marijuana Already – 6/15/05
• Peddling Morality In The Den Of Iniquity – 5/25/05
• Lay Off The Catholics – 4/20/05
• Parker Posey Stole My Car – 4/13/05
• Hunter Stockton Thompson 1937-2005 – 3/2/05
• Michael Jackson Is In Deep Shit – 2/16/05
• Dangerous Art Networked Daily – 12/22/04
• The Big, Bad Voices of Sarah Jones – 6/23/04
• Gonzo Goes To The Movies – 4/7/04
• A Debate Of Passion Part II – 3/3/04
• A Debate Of Passion Part I – 2/25/04
• Birth of the Cynical Age – 11/26/03
• The Sky Is Falling, By The Way – 11/5/03
• Rush Limbaugh, ESPN & The Craven Con – 10/9/03
• Gay Bishops & Other Modern Illusions – 8/13/03
• All Hail Ann Coulter – Champion Of The Dumb – 7/2/03
• The Birthing of History – 1/7/03
• Echoes of a Precarious Freedom (Lenny Part II) – 12/11/02
• Resurrecting Dirty Lenny Part I – 12/4/02
• “Your children are not safe anytime, anywhere…” – 10/30/02
• Four Decades – One Hundred Lives – 9/4/02
• The Bonzi Conspiracy – 8/21/02
• In Defense Of The American Bully – 6/26/02
• Holy Hell For Holy Week – 3/27/02
• The Raping Of ABC News -3/13/02
• Swansong For The Deputy – 12/5/01
• Ken Kesey: 1935 -2001 – 11/28/01
• What Is Belief? – 8/8/01
• Dismantle The FCC – 6/13/01
• Explaining Robert Downey Jr. & Other Related Mishaps – 5/16/01
• Challenging the Verizon Gestapo: A Study in Technological Fascism – 4/4/01
• 100 Favorite Films – 2/28/01
• Who Killed Napster? – 2/21/01
• The Truth About Willie & The Underground Sharks – 2/14/01
• The Great MTV Hoax – 1/17/01
• Trimming The Fat From The Fire – 1/10/01
• Last Night They Shot John Lennon – 12/6/00
• Compassionate Censorship – 10/4/00
• The “Never” Solution & Other Bizarre Revelations About BLAZO!! – 8/2/00
• Friend Of The Different – The Horrible Truth About BLAZO!! – 7/26/00
• Pigeonholing God & Other Ego-Mad Pursuits – 7/5/00
• Freedom Of Speech Case 1,653: Dr. Laura Vs. GLAAD – 6/14/00
• How The Gravy Train Skids – 4/19/00
• Guns In America: Pop Goes History – 4/5/00
• Past Is Present (The Future Of Comedy By The Numbers) -1/98
• 20th Century Classics – 9/98 – 8/99
• Elvis Presley: The Bad, The Sweet, And The Boogie – 8/96

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Sports

James Campion Sports Bio

• Inmates In Charge – 8/17/93
• Remembering Jimmy V – 5/5/93
• Clubhouse Etiquette – 4/14/93
• The 1993 Phillies: As Animated As They Come – 4/14/93
• In Search Of Reggie – 8/5/93
• The New Jordan Rules – 10/13/93
• Four Quarters To Four Downs – 11/10/93
• Super Bowl III: Setting The Stage For All The Rest – 1/26/94
• 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
• Zen Of The Puck – Rangers On The Brink Of Lost Glory – 6/8/94
• 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
• The Legend And Legacy of Howard Cosell – 4/26/95
• The Top 25 Sports Personalities of the 20th Century – 7/3/96
• Phil Simms Interview – A Man For One Season – 9/00
• Bobby Knight: Macho Thug Or Stupid Brute? – 9/27/00
• Gridlock NY – 11/15/00
• Last Exit To Queens – 11/22/00
• Juggling The Facts About Violence At Peekskill High School – 1/18/01
• Gremlins In The Toy Department – 1/30/02
• When Good Things Happen To Good People – 2/13/02
• The Science Of Greed – 4/10/02
• The Toys of Summer – 8/14/02
• Title Town USA – 6/4/03
• Two-Dimensional Kobe – 7/30/03
• Bucky Dent & The High White Note – 10/2/03
• 50 Greatest Sports Moments of All Time – 10/31/03
• By Any Other Name – 1/14/04
• The NFL Stinks – 1/12/05
• Everything We Wanted To Know About Steroids… – 2/23/05
• Asterisk Nation – 3/15/06
• Hooligans In The Press Room – 9/6/06
• End Of An Era – 10/24/07
• Baseball Through The Looking Glass – 12/19/07
• Beijing Olympics: Let Pestilence Ring!– 8/20/08
• Addio Stadia – 9/24/08
• Where Have You Gone Muhammad Ali? – 2/18/09
• 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
• The Life, Myths & Influence Of An American Original – 12/14/11
• N.C. State & The Birth of March Madness – 3/27/13
• MR. RODRIGUEZ VS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 8/7/2013
• MO 10/2/2013
• MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL – STILL BROKEN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS 1/22/2014
• BUBBA, WASTE MANAGEMENT & PROGENY OF THE WALRUS 2/19/2014
• ? 9/17/2014
• #2 10/1/2014
• YOGI – 1925-2015‏ 9/30/2015
• MUHAMMAD ALI – 1942 – 2016‏ 6/15/2016
• NFL PATRIOTIC NONSENSE HAS TWO SIDES‏ 10/4/2017
• HOW LONG FOOTBALL?‏ 9/11/2019
• CHEATERS PROSPER‏ 1/22/2020
• THE CURIOUS CASE OF AARON RODGERS & “THE WOKE MOB”‏ 11/17/2021
• PAY BALL! 4/4/2022
• AARON JUDGE & THE REVISING OF BASEBALL HISTORY 10/12/2022

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Music

• 100 Favorite Albums
• Quadrophenia/Madison Square Garden 7/16/96
• 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
• Bruce Springsteen/Meadowlands 10/9/07– 11/7/07
• 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
• LOU REED – 1942 – 2013– 11/6/13
• 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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• 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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