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Why Will Ferrell Should’ve Played George W. Bush in Vice

10 Feb 20199 Nov 2019
A sort of (but not really) film review Let’s get something out of the way: yes, Christian Bale is great in Vice. He crushes it. He destroys it. He is…
Donald Trump…

Surely Some Revelation Is At Hand: Classic Poetry and Donald Trump

10 Nov 201710 Nov 2017
I cannot recall where the prompt originated, but in either late 2016 or early 2017 I rewrote several classic poems to be about Donald Trump. I rediscovered them recently and…
2016…

The True Theme of 2016: Never Meet Your Heroes

28 Dec 201611 Apr 2019
Hating 2016 and wishing for it to end has perhaps been the meme of 2016. It has been called a dumpster fire and was declared to "even sucked for Kim Kardashian." Beginning…
2016 Election…

What Would Kurt Vonnegut Say About the 2016 Election?

29 Sep 20161 Oct 2016
Or, When Did We Start Living in a Fictional Satire? I've compared recent events—and, in particular, this presidential election—to many things: Armageddon, Alien, every Batman story, and almost every '90s action movie.…
2016 Election…

Who Would Donald Appoint? Some Predictions for Trump’s Cabinet

19 May 201621 Oct 2016
Interested in reading D. F. Lovett's fiction? Buy his books here. Donald Trump made waves this week by releasing his list of SCOTUS picks. He must've had some help from…
2016 Election…

How the Republican Establishment Has Become South Park’s Stan Marsh

10 May 20167 Jul 2016
Jeb(!) Bush recently made headlines by declaring he would not vote for either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, proclaiming "I cannot support his candidacy." With this announcement, he has fallen…
2016 Election…

Which Batman Character Does Trump Resemble Most? Part 6: The Conclusion

24 Mar 201624 Mar 2016
For the past several weeks, this blog has investigated which Batman character has the most in common with presidential candidate Donald Trump. We have considered five Batman villains thus far:…
2016 Election…

Is Bane the Batman Character Who Trump Resembles Most?

23 Mar 201621 Jan 2017
"Do you feel in charge?" It is with these words that the power shifts from one man to another in the 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises, as the terrorist…
2016 Election…

Is Harvey Two-Face Dent the Batman Character Trump Resembles Most?

21 Mar 201623 Jan 2017
This is the third installment of an ongoing investigation into which Batman character Donald Trump resembles most. You can read the beginning here.  Harvey "Two Face" Dent represents the curse of the classic…
2016 Election…

How the Republicans Have Become the Political Equivalent of Batman’s Villains

17 Mar 201625 Oct 2016
"This has never been about who the nominee is," Paul Ryan said yesterday, explaining why his party will fight any Supreme Court justice nomination made by Barack Obama in 2016, and…

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