Flip or Flop: Nashville premiered on HGTV on January 18. I would know, I was there. Rather, I was invited to a swanky premier party for it. In a Mercedes-Benz parking lot. The appetizers included hot...
Some proponents of the recently passed tax cut bill argue that cutting the corporate tax rate caused major corporations to provide bonuses, raise hourly wages, add to 401k and other retirement plans,...
The sentient wig occupying the White House has delivered his first State of the Union address. I didn’t watch it, I was busy composing rap rhymes about the sentient bare torso occupying the Kremlin...
You know who needs black superheroes? Black people. I know, it's terribly obvious. People of color are the ones that need positive representation of us the most. That should be obvious but there is...
To the uninitiated, it might seem like the United States of America has guaranteed the right to vote for over two centuries. The right to vote is the foundation of democratic government, and America...
I was in graduate school before I acknowledged something was wrong. The worries, the quirks, the little obsessive tendencies that I could previously ignore or just chalk up to my being “eccentric...
Authoritarianism depends, in part, on demoralization. Few things are as demoralizing as facing the possibility of having your child’s healthcare taken away. The political drama surrounding CHIP...
The Governor of Ohio, John Kasich, has signed legislation that bans doctors from carrying out abortions if the foetus has been diagnosed with Down Syndrome. The Republican Governor has formalised the...
Whenever I go to sketch comedy or variety shows in the US, I always keep my eye out for performers who fall outside the “typical” comedian stereotype. Will there be the usual team of white dudes...
LA Weekly has been one of Los Angeles’ main alternative news sources since 1978, but a disturbing recent change in ownership and management has Angelenos concerned about the future of journalism in...