George Carlin: The legendary comedian was right even when he was wrong

Revisiting George Carlin’s prophetic 1992 performance at Madison Square Garden immortalized on HBO. From the philosophical to the profane, Mr. Carlin peered decades into the future...   “You know my favorite part of that war?”  The legendary comedian George Carlin remarked in one of his many HBO Specials.  “It’s the first war we ever had that… Continue reading George Carlin: The legendary comedian was right even when he was wrong

Bill Maher, Teddy Roosevelt, and the fear of progress in race relations

Steven Pinker coined the phrase “progressaphobia” to describe the fear of believing real progress has been made on race relations and racial equality in the United States, but one need only pick up a history book to see how far we’ve come.  History is frequently horrifying because of the progress we’ve made. On October 16,… Continue reading Bill Maher, Teddy Roosevelt, and the fear of progress in race relations