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The Absolut Worst
This week I had lunch with the guy who literally wrote the book on Absolut advertising. And it got me thinking: what if I pitched Absolut today?
So I did. With a little help from AI.
The results are… something. 🍸 Continue reading
Posted in culture, Humor / satire, opinion, personal essay, Politics and Society, Trump cuts, Trump Opposition
Tagged Absolut Vodka, Advertising, blog, humor, kash-patel, life, Marketing, Media, music, political commentary, politics, Pop Culture, rfk-jr, Rolling Stone, satire, travel, trump, trump-administration, writing
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Making Airport Lines Great Again
After 3.3 million miles, airports once meant escape and possibility. Now they feel like a monument to Trump’s ego—longer TSA lines, performative fixes, and policy driven less by competence than by the refusal to ever admit being wrong. The magic didn’t fade. It was suffocated. Continue reading
Posted in opinion, Politics and Society, Trump cuts, Trump Opposition
Tagged federal policy, government policy, Homeland Security, ICE, life, political commentary, travel, travel-tips, trump, tsa, US politics, writing
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How Many Donald Trumps Does It Take To Change A Lightbulb?
Fear demands attention. It always has. Some express it in tears, some in anger, some in power. But laughter is the one response fear cannot survive, because it refuses to grant fear authority over the moment Continue reading
Posted in Fake News, Trump Opposition, personal essay, Politics and Society, Humor / satire
Tagged politics, life, family, love, trump, writing, mental-health
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Not A Mistake: Donald Trump and the Politics of “Not a Mistake”
It is not a mistake… When federal prosecutors in Minneapolis sought a warrant to collect evidence from Renee Goods’ vehicle after the shooting, they were told to stand down. They were told by senior officials in the White House, including … Continue reading
Trump: Dementia, Felon, or Huckster? The Sanity-Saving Game for Dozy Don’s Daily Circus
I used to be a news junkie. It was a habit I inherited straight from my parents. My father would practically read the ink off the New York Times every morning—not every article, maybe, but every section. It was how … Continue reading
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Tagged American politics, civic life, commentary, culture, current events, democracy, essays, humor, media culture, modern politics, news fatigue, op-ed, opinion, political commentary, politics, satire, trump, Trump era
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Did You Watch The ESPY’s
Did you watch the ESPYs the other night? What I love about the ESPYs—and sports in general—is that they allow you to throw your passion behind something that, in the grand scheme of things, matters very little. I mean, it … Continue reading
Big Lies, The DOGE Dodge, and Unfunny Punchlines.
When I was in high school, there was a joke that asked, “What are the three great lies of man?” The joke was both racist and sexist, so I’m only going to share one of the “lies”: “I love you.” … Continue reading
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Tagged DOGE, Donald Trump, elon-musk, musk, news, politics, trump
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Cherry Blossoms, The Garden State, and Presidential Role Models
People often get the wrong idea about New Jersey. The image they conjure when the state’s name is mentioned is that of the New Jersey Turnpike between the George Washington Bridge and the Outerbridge Crossing, which offers stunning views of … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, Foxtrot Delta Tango, george-washington, history, New Jersey, politics, Presidents, Resistance, Role Models, trump, Trump Opposition
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Brazil’s Heat: Hot Temps, Cold Shoulders for Trump
Making America great again has, in turn, made China great in Brazil—which would only be tolerable if it improved the quality of Chinese restaurants here in Rio. (Don’t ask. It’s awful.) Continue reading
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Tagged anti-maga, bolsonaro, brazil, china, news, politics, trump
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Blame it on Rio 
VE Day: The Thread We Lost
Seventy-five million people died in World War II. The men who stormed those beaches didn’t do it so we could debate eighty-one years later whether what’s happening here qualifies as fascism. They did it so we would know it when we saw it. Continue reading →