Bale… How to Finally Start Reading Kurt Vonnegut Novels 11 Nov 201614 Feb 2023 A Beginner's Guide & Recommended Vonnegut Reading Order, Including which are "the best" Vonnegut books There has never been a better time to start reading Kurt Vonnegut. To begin with,…
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… 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 the Joker the Batman Character Who Trump Resembles Most? 22 Mar 201621 Jan 2017 This is the fourth installment of an ongoing investigation into which Batman character Donald Trump resembles most. You can read the beginning here. The similarities between Trump and the Joker have been discussed…
2016 Election… If the Candidates Were Characters in a ’90s Action Movie: A 2016 Election Cheat Sheet 4 Feb 201615 Feb 2016 Iowa is behind us. That's the good news. We don't have to hear about Iowa anymore. The bad news is that this whole charade has nearly another year left, and…
2016 Election… Is Bernie Sanders the Ned Stark of the 2016 Election? 4 Oct 20154 Oct 2015 In a post published on this blog earlier today, I discussed why I "stopped feeling the Bern," i.e. why Bernie Sanders is a troubling, disappointed candidate, in my opinion. This…
2016 Election… Why I Stopped Feeling the Bern: Questions for Bernie Sanders on Violence and the Media 4 Oct 201527 May 2016 It's been no secret that Bernie Sanders has an unusual history (for an independent / socialist / Democrat/ whatever he is) when it comes to gun control. And people are starting…
2016 Election… The Most Dangerous Way in Which Trump Resembles Batman 28 Aug 201513 Jun 2016 The Economist (and this blog) might liken him to The Joker, but Trump disagrees. I am Batman, he told a young boy and the world. The obvious response is to…