Monthly Archives: July 2019

The air will be thick today with I-remember-where-I-was reminisces, so I’ll just get mine out of the way up front: I was in the backseat of my grandparents’ car, parked on the side of the road next to a cornfield … Continue reading →

Trump Denies Being at North Carolina Rally Andy Borowitz scoops the world — again.

All right-minded Tarheels are Southern Baptists, filled with love-love-love for everybody*, so nobody should be surprised that the First Felon had no difficulty inciting them to new behavioral lows. GREENVILLE, N.C. — President Trump road-tested his attacks on four Democratic … Continue reading →

Alan Turing, the gay genius who masterminded the defeat of Germany’s Enigma cipher during World War II, is to be recognized on Britain’s £50 note. Turing was prosecuted for his homosexuality after the war, and committed suicide.

Think what you like of Hunter Thompson’s politics, he was — with the possible exceptions of H.L. Mencken or Gore Vidal — America’s best essayist. And the opening line of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is, going away, the … Continue reading →