Cancellation of the ‘King Charles’ show CNN’s King Charles showcased Gayle King and Charles Barkley discussing current events. Only weeks ago, I flagged it as the most cringe-inducing talk show since Fox’s The Magic Hour with Ervin “Magic” Johnson. In fact, the ratings for King Charles were anemic from the first episode. Moreover, it remained on life support until CNN finally pulled the plug last week. The CNN weekly prime time talk… Read more.
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My Good Friday Sermon 2024
Good Friday: My childhood rituals I grew up the son of an evangelical preacher man. However, the Holy Spirit was no match for my Adamic nature. That’s why I found so many things dispiriting about my childhood. Most dispiriting was having to listen to the same sermon over and over again. Not least because I knew full well that… Read more.
Kanye: I Am Ye
Kanye is a ‘slave name’? Not since Sean Combs, A.K.A. Puff Daddy, morphed into P Diddy has a name change spawned so much derision. However, this time, the mockery is laced with pity, even sadness. Kanye West’s chief of staff, Milo Yiannopoulos, demanded in a letter that the rapper be referred to as Ye and not… Read more.
Auctioning Love Letters: Clapton’s to Boyd, Diana’s to Hewitt
Selling love Selling the love notes of a famous lover has about as much socially redeeming value as revenge porn. I’m no prude. I know full well that people have been selling sex since time immemorial. Doing so is and always has been an honorable profession. But selling love is a different matter. And there’s nothing honorable… Read more.
‘King Charles’: Barkley Sounding Too Much Like Kanye
‘King Charles’ Charles Barkley is both informative and entertaining when discussing basketball. Clearly, CNN assumed he’d be equally so when debating politics and social issues. Spoiler alert: CNN couldn’t have been more wrong. I’ve watched several episodes of his show, King Charles. Suffice it to know that it came across as the most cringeworthy attempt by a sports star to host… Read more.
Envy Has Republicans Accusing Taylor Swift of Conspiracy
The Swift conspiracy For Republicans, everything is about their cult leader, Donald J. Trump. Only that explains this: Republicans have speculated that Swift is some sort of Pentagon plant, ginned up by secret liberal forces to swing the 2024 presidential election while also boosting the fortunes of the Kansas City Chiefs, who are headed into… Read more.
Australia Day, Like Columbus Day, Should Be Abolished
Australia Day Australia Day marks the 1788 landing of White settlers who colonized the Continent. But White Australians are finally reckoning with the historical fact that their ancestors did not discover Australia. Of course, White Americans have been facing a similar reckoning for decades. But it’s stupefying that it took Whites in America and Australia so long to recognize that their… Read more.
King Charles Upstages Hospitalized Kate’s Sympathy Parade: Jealousy Reigns
Princess Kate hospitalized The Princess of Wales shocked the world earlier today with this breaking news: The Princess of Wales is to stay in hospital for up to two weeks after undergoing abdominal surgery. Kensington Palace said the procedure was planned and successful but the princess is not expected to resume royal duties for months. (BBC News,… Read more.
Musk Claims Whites Are Smarter Than Blacks – Surprised?
Musk’s racism mirrors Trump’s Elon Musk is a racist. At this point, that shouldn’t surprise anyone. I, for one, have written many commentaries denouncing his public tweets. Those tweets often show his true colors. Simply put, Musk is becoming to business what Donald Trump is to politics: a temperamental, incompetent, petty, spiteful, cowardly, racist, narcissistic, homophobic, antisemitic, bullying buffoon. In other words, they’re two… Read more.
Aaron Rogers Trolling Jimmy Kimmel in Downward Spiral from Gridiron to Gaslighting
Rodgers in a downward spiral Stephen A. Smith is arguably the most influential sports analyst in America. Therefore, it speaks volumes that he has branded “that baaaad man, Aaron Rodgers,” as one of the best to play the game of football. Except that, in what can only be described as a tragicomic descent, Rodgers seems determined to rebrand himself… Read more.