MAGA Republicans have forfeited all rights to be covered in the media as a legitimate political party. www.charlesbursell.com
SCOTUS pretzel logic on the 14th Amendment, Oprah bloviates on obesity, and US billionaires enjoy an 87% bump. www.charlesbursell.com
From bad to worse to absurd: Oscar and SNL politics, Israeli atrocities continue, and the dictators club hopes to welcome a new member. www.charlesbursell.com
Super Tuesday highlights the shameless anti-democratic nature of the U.S. www.charlesbursell.com
Latest on the 2024 campaign, heat-checking the crazy right, and the economy versus your lying eyes. www.charlesbursell.com
Putin and other dictators are having a moment, and American Fascists are here for it. Also: the unholy updates from Gaza and Ukraine. www.charlesbursell.com
Let’s stop weaponizing political language. Also: equity versus equality, Robert Hur is a MAGA hack, and some final thoughts on the Super Bowl. www.charlesbursell.com
Joni Mitchell and Tracy Chapman momentarily delivered us from the crass Capitalist culture of Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, the god and goddess of basic. www.charlesbursell.com
Social Media CEOs grilled by a clueless Congress who still doesn’t get it. The evil in the algorithms is Capitalism! www.charlesbursell.com
The faux-feminist argument over Barbie and the Oscars is shallow. Art is not always subjective and yes, some opinions about art are just plain wrong. Also, arts awards are stupid and money ruins everything. www.charlesbursell.com
Joe Biden may be the perfect president for the nation we have, but certainly not for the nation we ought to be. www.charlesbursell.com
White supremacy and the hottest year on record. Settling for the status quo and saying the quiet part out loud. The Right Wing thrives while the US has no Left at all. Is this just who we are now? www.charlesbursell.com
The US-supported genocide in Gaza is the main attraction in a coordinated, multi-faceted outbreak of global Fascism. From Netanyahu to Putin to MAGA Republicans, it’s time for us to rise up against the bad guys. www.charlesbursell.com
Bankrupt Rudy, The Orange Menace on the ballot, reverse-engineering US law, Merrick Garland’s two-year bungle, genocide in Gaza, and good news on Wisconsin’s gerrymandered maps. www.charlesbursell.com
Democracy itself is on the November 8th ballot. You have the power to save it. www.charlesbursell.com
Insightful commentary on “the slap” has been scant, from comedy, to the cult of celebrity, and toxic masculinity. Here’s my take. www.charlesbursell.com
Will Smith Did a Bad, Bad Thing by Kareem Abdul Jabbar
2022 Academy Awards: Will Smith’s disorientation, Hollywood’s and America’s by David Walsh
The most important 20 minutes of Judge KBJ’s confirmation hearings came from Cory Booker. Listen to his full remarks. www.charlesbursell.com
This is the last regularly scheduled episode of The Log, at least for a while. Going forward, episodes will post as ideas and events warrant. www.charlesbursell.com
Ukraine, Putin, and the so-called “rules based” top-down world order that got us here. www.charlesbursell.com
Rigged Game – The Log 424: Playing the cards you’re dealt, cops don’t work, unleashing good ideas, and some good climate news. www.charlesbursell.com
The heads of nations have more in common with each other than with any of us. Also, The Orange Menace might be the Dems best hope, and Bill Maher gets something right for a change. www.charlesbursell.com
Drive Time from Riverwest: Super Bowl Halftime Show, Oscar Preview www.charlesbursell.com
Nationalizing big tech and media. And, do we exist in a computer simulation? If so, we’re on our own now. www.charlesbursell.com
War is the inevitable result of a worldwide system based on the accumulation of power and money. www.charlesbursell.com
Charles Bursell discusses Joe Rogan, Whoopi’s Nazi faux pas, and cultural criticism on Drive Time from Riverwest with Martin Hallanger. www.charlesbursell.com