North Korea’s Kim Jong-il has died, further draining the talent pool of scary overseas madmen. What to do? Continue reading
My man Stephen Colbert made it tough on me in 2010, in a good way. He had enough excellent moments to make selecting just one for my top ten feel almost completely arbitrary. I ultimately went with this one, from the December 16th episode of the Report, for the total force of its hypocrisy-bashing. Make sure you watch the whole clip, because he saves the coup de grâce for the last couple of lines. Continue reading
In the early part of 2009, American TV airwaves were polluted by a particular commercial that became known as the “Gathering Storm” ad. Made by a group calling itself the National Organization for Marriage, it was a clumsy, mendacious message … Continue reading
An old schoolmate of mine from the S.F. Bay Area had a quiz on Facebook tell her that she should live in Los Angeles. She was puzzled by this result, so I developed a more in-depth questionnaire to determine how well someone is suited temperamentally for L.A. So here it is: Derek’s L.A.dar, v 0.5. Continue reading
I never would have believed that I’d live to see the day when the United States government legislated torture. Now that I have, it makes me want to scream. Or rather, it makes me want to screed – but no … Continue reading
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