2016… The World Needs Bad Men: Bush, Trump, and the Anti-Hero 22 Jan 20174 Oct 2022 How the Bush Era Caused the Anti-Hero Wave that Gave Rise to Trump Toward the finale of the 2016 election, Mike Huckabee took to Fox News to give a defense…
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… Some Thoughts and Observations That Won’t Appear in My Next Blog Post 8 Aug 20168 Aug 2016 Sometimes, I don't want to dedicate a full blog post to an idea, but I still want to share the idea. Is 2016 the Year of the Feral Child? First, a fun…
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 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… 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…
2016 Election… Is the Scarecrow the Batman Villain Who Trump Resembles Most? 10 Mar 201621 Jan 2017 This is the second installment in an ongoing series of articles exploring which Batman character Donald Trump resembles most. You can read the first installment here, in which I explain…
2016 Election… What We Failed to Learn About Terrorism from The Dark Knight 5 Dec 201517 Feb 2018 Or, "Stop Calling Them Gunmen and Start Calling Them Terrorists" One of the most notable elements of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy is that, despite being made by a British writer…
Bale… Please, No More Origin Stories of How Evil Villains Used to be Good Guys or Children 17 Oct 201517 Oct 2015 If you haven't heard, the latest complete failure at the box office was the flaccid reboot Pan, an attempt to create a franchise out of the Peter Pan story by starting…