OKAY, FIRST ITS “CULTURAL POWER” DERIVED FROM MASS MEDIA. SECOND, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH ORIGINAL STORYTELLING EXCEPT THE GATEKEEPERS’ LACK OF IMAGINATION AND PERPETUAL SEARCH FOR “GUARANTEED HITS.”  PLENTY OF ORIGINALITY IN INDIE WRITING, AND I BET THAT WHEN INDIE FILMS BECOME MORE AFFORDABLE AND EASIER TO MAKE (AND THEY WILL) THEY TOO WILL BE ORIGINAL:  Original Storytelling Is Losing Its Cultural Power, And That’s Bad For America.

AND WITH MORE THAN POINTING AND LAUGHING, WHICH MUST BE COUNTED TO THEIR CREDIT:  The Knights of Columbus responds to Sens. Hirono and Harris.

IS THIS A HARBINGER OF THE QUALITY OF THE CANDIDATES?  Elizabeth Warren is in.

2019 TASTES LIKE VEUVE CLICQUOT!  TO THE BEST YEAR YET FOR ALL OF US!

YEP, YEP, YEP:  Tone Deaf Leftist Derp Monkey Flings Poo at Trump, Fails.

HAPPY NEW YEAR MOUNTAIN STATES!

OF COURSE HE DOES:  Jerry Brown Disses Rural Californians Over The Gas Tax Hike.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Millions across the globe party to celebrate the New Year as Paris, Berlin and Athens host incredible firework displays to mark start of 2019.