Leadership is Dead, Long Live the Memes
You may not have noticed but our society is currently desperate for leadership. Demand has dwarfed the supply. The leadership market has been flooded with fakes, counterfeits, and phonies posing […]
4 Obvious Reasons We are in the Dumbest Timeline
The concept of Parallel Universes, or alternate dimensions and realities, has seeped into popular culture over the past decades. They are colloquially referred to as “bizarro” universes, first referenced in […]
Capt. Robert Smalls, The first Black Man to Command a US Navy Ship
This. week in history, on May 13, 1862, Captain Robert Smalls became the first black person to command a United States Navy ship. Captain Smalls was born into slavery in […]
Bianca Belair Became Only the Sixth Black WWE Women’s Champion at Wrestlemania 37
Bianca Belair recently became only the sixth black WWE Women’s Champion in history at Wrestlemania 37. The WWE Women’s Championship has a complicated history. It’s common to hear WWE state […]
I Come to Bury Palpatine, Not to Praise Him
Why Palpatine Was The Greatest Sith of All Time Star Wars films and television have focused exclusively, and to their detriment, on the machinations of one Sheev Palpatine. Every live-action […]
Donald Trump Was Count Dooku. The GOP Searches for its Anakin
Emperor Palpatine (AKA Darth Sidious) is a member of an order known as the Banite Sith. Those are Sith lords in the tradition of Darth Bane. An even longer time […]
The Galactic Empire Was Evil but Were The Imperials?
Throughout the live-action and animated Star Wars properties, Palpatine’s Galactic Empire has been the spectre haunting the galaxy. In the prequel trilogy, Palpatine paved the way for the Empire. In […]
The 93rd Annual Academy Awards Tried to Predict The Future
For the most part, I found this year’s Oscars to be a refreshing change up. Obviously they could not have done them in the same fashion as before, as that […]
Shakespeare Is Responsible For Abraham Lincoln’s Death
First, let’s start with a series of dates. March 15, 44 BC: A group of Roman senators stab Julius Caesar to death. One of the senators allegedly says sic semper […]
Everyone Hates the New Super League, Here’s Why
On Sunday April 18th, 12 soccer clubs from England, Italy, and Spain announced the formation of a new “Super League.” In the 24 hours since the announcement, the entire Soccer […]