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We must all of us, always, strive to have sympathy for our fellow man. If all were judged equal, who should ‘scape whipping, and so on; it is the part of the righteous to understand that there but for the grace of God go we, and to hold no one …
Anyone with a pair of testicles can be a man. And it’s always possible to receive a field promotion to captain, however little time you may have actually served in the military. It thus falls to “doctor” to be the most unearned title in the world of super-humans. While lesser …
Greetings, extraterrestrial visitors! Ever since our own American astronauts, Lt. Chup Munnler and Captain E.G. “Spurts” Grandango, made contact with the people of Proxima Centauri VII eighteen years ago, Earth has become a popular tourist destination for visitors from every quadrant of our galactic sector. We’re pleased to welcome our …
The life of a critic is hard. The pay is low, the pressure to produce is high, you get called an elitist and a snob, you have to take in a lot of worthless crap, and occasionally you make a stupid decision that ends your career. Well, maybe that last …
The long-awaited first debate from the comically overstuffed field of Republican candidates for the presidency took place last night, and it was a grand old time for all. At least, I assume it was; I didn’t watch it because I’d rather chew on hot coals than watch these horrible assholes …
It’s the dog days of August, when baseball teams are either in the head of a pennant race or sweating it out in meaningless late-season games after falling out of contention. Basketball and hockey are over, football seems like a cold, distant winter mirage, and Americans still don’t give a …
In a recent review of Ernest Cline’s new novel, Armada — the poorly received follow-up to his hugely successful ’80s geek-culture wallow Ready Player One — io9’s Germain Lussier makes the curious claim that it is “an ultra-nerdy book, but at times, it feels like it doesn’t trust the reader.” Replace …
TONY STARK, “IRON MAN”: Look, I like all these people. I think relationships are important and there’s nothing wrong with being chummy with the people you work with. But as long as I’m providing the lion’s share of the funding, this is a business, and it’s going to be run …
So, while I was researching yesterday’s post about NewsRadio and its tragic lack of availability on streaming media, I happened to discover that the entire series is available on YouTube, although the legality of the uploads is somewhat murky. But better than that, I discovered that if an uploader does not …
To commemorate his unceremonious dumping by a wide range of belatedly embarrassed corporate entities, I have been thinking a lot about the man who will not be our next president, Donald “Mayonnaise” Trump. Young people today may only know him as the talentless, egomaniacal clown behind The Apprentice who has …
It doesn’t take a genius to know that this country is in trouble. Which is fortunate, because I am not a genius. Mass murders, police brutality, economic turmoil, terrorism at home and abroad, a constantly shifting social landscape, even the degradation of the very air, land, and water we need …
FIRST AMENDMENT (12/15/1791): This one is generally very popular especially with loudmouths. The only part that causes trouble is the part where we can’t impede the free exercise of religion, because somehow those lunatic Muslims got their shit rubber-stamped as a religion instead of what it is: a crazy murder …
I have been asked by a number of readers to explain the eighth and final issue of Convergence, the latest mega-event series by DC Comics. Convergence is a huge, epic, multiverse-spanning saga that is intended to end the DC universe as we know it (again), usher in the birth of an …
On occasion, this site will present, for old media-impaired readers, an instant messaging transcript of a film newly arrived to Netflix. Today, we feature Fist of Legend, the 1994 Jet Li re-imagining of Bruce Lee’s classic Fist of Fury. *** Chen Zhen: boy it sure is nice to take a break from …
Hello! Thank you for ordering the Harshstone Press 2015 catalog. The world of children’s book publishing is a highly competitive arena, and with smart, literate parents demanding quality kid-lit at a higher rate than ever before, it’s not easy to stand out. Here at Harshstone, we let our work speak …
