I’m actually not a fan of Colbert or Stewart, but they were generally very fair with their conservative guests. In my opinion, they were too easy on them. They never ambushed or misled them about what they would be discussing and gave them plenty of space to say their piece.

It’s lose-lose. If he gets up and leave, it looks like Carlson broke him. If he stays and continues to get ambushed, he looks like a moron or, worse, purposely deceitful.

Well, the system isn’t perfect and should be adjusted. That doesn’t mean we should just get rid of it. It’s like schools. Schools aren’t perfect. But we shouldn’t just end schooling for our nation’s kiddos. There is a direct correlation, if not causation, between the decline of Unions and the decline of the middle…

I’ve never understood how one can be “pro-market” and “anti-union” at the same time. Isn’t it obvious that unions are a natural outgrowth of and from the market? That labor—which sort of makes The Market a Market—will eventually coalesce and force a balance onto how befits and risks are distributed within The Market?…

Nah.

Well, this has certainly been one of the major success of the Republican movement: the culture wars. And while many of those issues are important, the Left (or whatever is left of it) has done a terrible job of saying, “Yes, we want dudes who like dudes to marry each other, but we also want to give you jobs.” And, in…

I’m with you. Jordan never pulled totally jerry-rigged teams kicking and screaming into the finals. He never dragged a team whose third best player for a finals was Delly to six and almost seven games against the signature team of his era. Jordan was never a player-coach-GM like Lebron has had to be out of necessity.…

A maximum wage still makes the most sense. It really is “trickle down” economics in the sense that for the people on the top to make more money, everybody else also needs to make more money.

Eh, my problem with South Park always has been that once you see the libertarian politics at play, every episode is just a thinly veiled thumbed-nosing at all the idiots who aren’t Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Even the “good” episodes are smug and condescending.

Well, I’m not a Christian, but what you’re quoting is probably corrupted text. Later Christians felt the need to interject more legalistic/authoritarian comments to justify their own beliefs. That’s why you get a really cool and laid back Jesus like 90-percent of the gospels and then this weird, creepy autocrat every…

What? How are the two even remotely contradictory. Jesus preached giving your shit away AND being content with little precisely one led to the other. The two ideas, in the way Jesus preached them, are so intertwined you could literally use either idea to get to the other. You could start off being content with little…

All you need to know about how Republicans really feel about “the market” is that they detest Unions—which are a natural effect of the market at work.

Also, totally sorry your mom spoke to you like that. That sucks.

That’s really all any of this is about. I know it sounds too simple and too dumb, but I’ve seen it firsthand. I have friends who are decent people. They aren’t racists, they don’t sexually abuse/assault women, they’re generally kind and sociable to anyone they meet. They care about the wellbeing of others. But they’re…

If you’ve ever read Hunter Thompson’s interview with Nixon about football, you’ll understand why a politician’s views on sports can be so damn interesting.

Yeah, no shit. What kind of dipshit was I to not appreciate one of the most exciting offenses of all-time in the Warner-era Rams? I fucking hate myself.

Yep. The Republican candidate for president has only won the popular vote one time since 1992 (Dubya’s second term). On top of that, when liberals are excited and motivated to vote, the Dems win elections in landslides. When they are not energized to vote, the Republican’s barely eek out victories, if they win at all…

No. It’s primal primate tribalism. They love the fact that he pisses off the other tribe/team (the libruhls). They will happily pursue the death of a nation as long as it makes them feel like they got over on their perceived enemies—the libtards... or whatever.

Yeah, but it never really was a question. They won as soon as the U.S. had a collective nervous breakdown and “anti-terrorism” became the crusade du jour.

Yep. Now, unfortunately, is the exact time for smart, nuanced people to join the military. I’m not saying I’m smart or nuanced. I’m not saying I’m seriously considering it. But it is crossing my mind.