Last month,  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) made the rather hysterically funny comment that the current GOP resembles “‘The Office character Dwight Schrute, a power-hungry, mustard yellow shirt-wearing paper salesman who lives on a beet farm” (to quote Huffpost). Honestly, truth be told and full disclosure…I didn’t get the joke at first. I don’t watch The Office.…

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On the remote chance you haven’t heard about him already, check out Kentucky Fried Chicken’s newest stunt, the virtual colonel. The company has a long history of cleverly lampooning itself, and the world, with advertising that sometimes featured and sometimes mocked its founder, the white suited Colonel Sanders. However, in recent months, KFC has outdone…

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By Bill Albee I believe that Nancy Pelosi is the most qualified Democrat to analyze the political calculus on if and when to initiate impeachment hearings and when to hold the vote to impeach. I want her to think like Mitch. In my opinion, all members of the House have a constitutional duty to investigate…

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Virginia Beach et al: The following was my response to another friend: No simple answer to your question, Laurie. But five that come to mind are: 1) Not only simply effecting more gun control, but also taking steps to remove the proliferation of guns from our society. That means removing the profit incentive from gun…

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Although it’s entirely subjective, I think the funniest event in human history happened on February 3rd, 1969, when Allen Funt boarded a plane. Funt –  whose name is already objectively funny – was the host of Candid Camera, the hidden camera show that played pranks on the public. Unbeknownst to him or anyone else, two…

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