Bridges to Nowhere: The Series |
Referring to the Ronald Reagan presidency, Neal Gabler has written about "the triumph of entertainment over political ideology of any sort." And Kurt Andersen labeled Bill Clinton the "Entertainer-in...
Posted by Paul Krassner on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:29:00 PST |
Woody Allen Meets Tongue Fu |
[A small independent publisher, Ronin, has just released a new edition of my tale about a Japanese-American man who goes to a summer camp for gurus. Below is my preface to the book.] In 1971, after r...
Posted by Paul Krassner on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:59:00 PST |
There Are No Atheists in the White House |
With the New Hampshire primary fast approaching, Republican presidential candidtate Mitt Romney has tried to posture himself as the standard bearer of much of George Bush's foreign policy. He suggeste...
Posted by Paul Krassner on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:51:00 PST |
There Are No Atheists in the White House |
With the New Hampshire primary fast approaching, Republican presidential candidtate Mitt Romney has tried to posture himself as the standard bearer of much of George Bush's foreign policy. He suggeste...
Posted by Paul Krassner on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:51:00 PST |
Satire and Speculation |
A few years ago, in my last album, right after the Abu Ghraib scandal broke, I talked about how furious Senators and congressmen were, looking at such photos as a prisoner forced to wear women's panti...
Posted by Paul Krassner on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:44:00 PST |
Huffpost Bloggers On Strike |
Inspired ironically enough by a right-wing comic strip, Prickly City--a talking dog complains to publisher Arianna Huffington, "Let me get this straight. Advertisers pay you for Huffington Post, but ...
Posted by Paul Krassner on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:18:00 PST |
Asshole of the Year |
It's Tim Russert. The moment he said to Dennis Kucinich at a "debate" among Democratic presidential candidates, "This is a serious question," you knew it wouldn't be. A responsible journalist might ...
Posted by Paul Krassner on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:38:00 PST |
The Power of Laughter |
I spent this past weekend at the 11th annual Earthdance celebration, a global festival for peace held in northern California, uniting with over 250 locations in 50 countries, providing a wide variety ...
Posted by Paul Krassner on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:48:00 PST |
Assholes of the Week 6 |
This is a special edition of these nominations. They all have to do with religion. Not included here, however, is the massacre of 400 civilians in the Yazidi community in Iraq. The victims were mos...
Posted by Paul Krassner on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:52:00 PST |
Assholes of the Week |
1. ABC News anchor Charlie Gibson, who is perhaps the worst offender when it comes to condescending verbal postscripts to news stories, this time following a report on the threat of global warming to ...
Posted by Paul Krassner on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:00:00 PST |
