2024 Sycophant Draft
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November 22, 2024
licking ketchup off the ring to get a seat at the table
Category: United States
The Ballistics of Broken Brains
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June 5, 2022
ok. let’s talk about mental health.
It’s Juneteenth. Who’s unhappy?
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June 19, 2021
Looking into the arguments of the 14 congressmen who voted against the holiday.
The Worst President in U.S. History
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January 10, 2021
Traditionally, the worst presidents of the United States were those who did nothing to stop the civil war. This President tried to start one.
Why “All Lives Matter” is Unhelpful
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June 4, 2020
The phrase may be well-meaning, but it dismisses the issue at the movement’s heart.
Does Daylight Need Saving?
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March 15, 2020
What’s the golden ratio for golf games to heart attacks?
Dawn of the Bernie Bro
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March 7, 2020
Bernie’s supporters are young, rowdy, and, worst, they know how to meme. Is that reason enough to disavow him?
Our Democracy is Dumb
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November 23, 2019
Democracy is important. The ancient Greeks knew that. Everyone else forgot it for a couple thousand years, and then America remembered. Suffering beneath the widespread paw of the British tea-and-taxes machine, a spunky bunch of would-be American patriots found common ground in vanquishing the evil empire and building atop its ashes a democratic nation. Similar …
The Case for a Bigger House
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October 25, 2019
The United States House of Representatives is a cornerstone of the American Democratic system, a piece of living history, and a real shitshow.