One of the traditions of fall in 48 states across the country is the end of Daylight Savings Time-a peculiar ritual wherein people seem to think that time really changes-or at least, they know it doesn’t, but don’t try to think too hard about it. This is not one of…

When it comes to having the kookiest ideas about how government should be run, no large ideological movement in the US can quite hold a candle to libertarians. And there’s lots of words spent on all their ludicrous ideas. But one of the most steadfast arguments at the core of…

Thirty years ago, in the iconic scene from the film Wall Street, the antagonist Gordon Gekko declares that “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good”. The film and the line in particular, not the larger morality play central to the movie, justified and inspired wall street players of…

It shouldn’t be a controversial thing to state that the electoral college is an institution that doesn’t fit well within a true democratic framework, and is a relic from a very different time in history-ill suited to a modern democracy. But even today, there are many supporters of this system…

I’ve been thinking about comedy, as I often do and it’s historical context. And I went to a dark place and started thinking about how people ride on the coattails of Don Rickles and proclaim themselves as “Equal Opportunity Offenders” and why this tag never sits well with me. That…