File this under the heading of tone deaf. Or mean-spiritedness. Or boneheadedness. Heck,cross file it under all three headings. Once again some Republican has emerged from obscurity onto the national scene to make an ass of himself and to...
IRAN’S NEW CLOCK
Our friend A.F. Branco does it again, spoofing the Iran nuclear deal. See more of A.F. HERE
JACK ROSE COCKTAIL
The Jack Rose cocktail was very popular during the 1920’s and 30’s. As applejack, the drinks main ingredient, fell out of favor, the drink receded into the corners of cocktail history. The good news is that applejack is making...
SAZERAC COCKTAIL
The sazerac cocktail is a often credited with being the very fist cocktail ever created, tracing its roots to pre civil war New Orleans. Some historians dispute this claim, but none dispute the fact that the Sazerac is a...
AHMED GOES TO COLLEGE
Narrative is a powerful social tool. Because facts are mostly irrelevant to narrative, narrative is both malleable and transposable: What doesn’t fit one way can be easily twisted to fit another way, and what doesn’t apply to one situation,...
SQUISHY NEGROES
A few years ago, I had the honor of sitting on a panel with the civil rights icon, Myrlie Evers. Evers is the widow of civil rights martyr Medger Evers and has worked tirelessly over the last forty years...
BRONX COCKTAIL
The Bronx cocktail is essentially a martini with orange juice added. This recipe for the Bronx cocktail comes from liquor.com and uses one or two more ingredients. Bronx Cocktail 2 oz Gin 1/4 oz Dry Vermouth 1/4 oz Sweet...
BBQ AND SCIATICA
My sciatica has flared up again and I have been flat on my back for two weeks. If you have not experienced the constant, searing pain of a a pinched sciatic nerve, consider yourself lucky. The pain is some...
DOES HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST CONSERVATIVES?
Following my appearance on The Rick Amato program, my inbox filled with emails from concerned friends and colleges concerned that the interview – or at least the headline Rick used to promote the interview – would hurt my reputation...
HILLARY 2.0
Our friend A.F. Branco at comically incorrect, continues to knock it out of the park! After advisers (along with anyone paying even a bit of attention) decided that Hillary Clinton just wasn’t connecting with potential voters, her campaign decided...
ALABAMA SORORITY RECRUITMENT VIDEO SPARKS OUTRAGE
The Alabama chapter of the Alpha Phi sorority created the video below in order to attract young women to their sisterhood. The video soon went viral, with many critics complaining that the video lacked diversity and was un-empowering. In...
HOLLYWOOD OKEY-DOKE
In the iconic film, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” Mickey Rooney was cast as Audrey Hepburn’s Japanese neighbor, Mr. Yunioshi. For his over the top performance, Rooney dons a prosthetic mouthpiece giving him buck teeth, thick round glasses, and lost of...
BLACKBERRY GIN FIZZ
Blackberry Gin Fizz Thankfully, Labor Day doesn’t mean the end of BBQ’s or warm weather cookouts. There are still a few warm weekends left. In some regions of the country, there are even more than a few warm weekends...