I liked a lot of stupid music in the '90s and I still always hated this song.

The fact that Joseph Smith and L. Ron Hubbard were very clearly real guys doesn't make the religions they founded any more credible.

The fact that Joseph Smith and L. Ron Hubbard were very clearly real guys doesn't make the religions they founded any more credible.

It's rare to find a "normal" Republican voter in America today who'd say they're openly in favor of letting people's standard of living sink to the level of homelessness and starving in the streets, though you actually can find plenty of people willing to say that in the RedState.com gutter of the Internet.

It's rare to find a "normal" Republican voter in America today who'd say they're openly in favor of letting people's standard of living sink to the level of homelessness and starving in the streets, though you actually can find plenty of people willing to say that in the RedState.com gutter of the Internet.

"American exceptionalism" = racism, pretty much

"American exceptionalism" = racism, pretty much

It's really important for a lot of conservatives to believe that as a whole the country is NOT RACIST, and as a result they force themselves into a place where they themselves have to become quite racist in order to believe the world isn't racist.

It's really important for a lot of conservatives to believe that as a whole the country is NOT RACIST, and as a result they force themselves into a place where they themselves have to become quite racist in order to believe the world isn't racist.

Oh, and also, about Dollhouse spoilers (REALLY MAJOR SPOILERS BELOW):

Oh, and also, about Dollhouse spoilers (REALLY MAJOR SPOILERS BELOW):

Of course Topher is Joss. That's obvious from the get-go. Many people who commented on the show talked about how a lot of Whedon's trademark breezy clever goofy dialogue was missing and the show was filled with stodgy, grim, businesslike characters and Topher was the sole exception and yet Topher was an extremely…

Of course Topher is Joss. That's obvious from the get-go. Many people who commented on the show talked about how a lot of Whedon's trademark breezy clever goofy dialogue was missing and the show was filled with stodgy, grim, businesslike characters and Topher was the sole exception and yet Topher was an extremely…

The Middleman is a hero-hero-hero-hero-hero.

The Middleman is a hero-hero-hero-hero-hero.

You should check out The Middleman — it's basically for you.

You should check out The Middleman — it's basically for you.

Well, Dollhouse was an entire damn series about prostitution and rape, which was the most frequent (and, I'll grant, justified) problem people had with being a fan of it. (And I am a huge fan of it.)

Well, Dollhouse was an entire damn series about prostitution and rape, which was the most frequent (and, I'll grant, justified) problem people had with being a fan of it. (And I am a huge fan of it.)

One of my favorite Whedon tropes is having heroes who see through the villains' stupid sadistic little head games and do the best they can to just not play along.