Allen Falken
Get priorities straight, big news outweighs return of Arrested Development
In the last couple of weeks there have been big, potentially world changing stories. A presidential candidate was discovered to have once spent time at a hunting camp locally known as “Niggerhead.” Which is awkward for me to even type, but I have a friend who is dating a black person, so I think that [...]
Liberal takes look at Republican presidential candidates
I do not like to label people. It is like judging a movie without reading the full text of the review and only using the “Thumbs Up” value it got from a critic. To a film critic, “Gratuitous full frontal nudity that distracts from the plot” might be a reason to detract from the film’s [...]
Even “dirtbags” have right to free speech
Columnist Recently, the Supreme Court upheld the rights of the Westboro Baptist Church to protest outside the funerals of soldiers. They say that god is killing soldiers because of the United States’ “acceptance” of homosexuals. Apparently to them “acceptance” involves passing laws against gay people’s right to marry the ones they love. As far as [...]
Falken: Taking the plunge into the working world not so bad
I never quite know how to feel about spring. On the one hand, the weather gets warmer so just walking out the front door no longer compels me to scream a combination of obscenities not before known to man. I’m sure my neighbors appreciate that. On the other hand, the changing of the season has [...]
Throw in a good documentary for something new on movie night
Columnist I got a Netflix account sometime last year. I can’t remember the reason exactly. I think its was because I wanted to watch Lost beginning to end. While the show turned out to be a colossal disappointment, I did stumble onto my new hobby. I have become somewhat of a documentary junkie. I started [...]
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