The Magazine
Jesus Didn’t Need an AR-15 but Joseph Smith Did
By Christian Coleman | Articles•Essays
Stop the presses! Lauren Boebert said something dumb. As a day that ends in “Y”, Boebert has silly thoughts she feels a pressing desire to express. In this case, she […]
COVID didn’t go anywhere
By Caleb McKerley | Articles
My luck finally ran out and I tested positive for COVID. I hope that writing feverishly allows me to breach the wall of abstraction that has always limited my pieces. […]
I Nominate June 12 to be International Struggle Day
By Christian Coleman | Articles
June 12, 1942 – Anne Frank gets a diary for her birthday. June 12, 1963 – Medgar Evers pays the last full measure of devotion. June 12, 1964 – Nelson […]
What if Republicans Threw a Party and Nobody Came
By Christian Coleman | Articles
What if Republicans Threw a Party and Nobody Came Imagine a house party. I never went to any while I was at the University of Alabama; I spent my time […]
Made For Love Deserves Your Attention
By Caleb McKerley | Articles•Reviews•TV
HBO’s show Made For Love hasn’t blown up social media like many HBO originals tend to do. Twitter and Instagram haven’t lit up with a surprising appreciation for Ray Romano […]
May 2022 Movie Round-Up
By Colter Longshore | Lists•Movies•Reviews
Like I have said before, I go to the movies a lot. With the recent arrival of my first child, that will probably change for the next month or two, […]
The Right-Wing is Pushing Minority Rule and History Can Show What’s Next
By Caleb McKerley | Essays
The recent Supreme Court leak has unveiled a politically motivated court pushing an agenda that doesn’t represent legal precedent, majority opinion, or even democratic values. This is a travesty to […]
Democrats Are Doomed And It’s Not Their Fault
By Christian Coleman | Articles
Full Dislosure: I’m a Democrat. I don’t mean that I vote for Democrats. Those are Democratic voters. I mean that I’m running for the Alabama House of Representatives District 47. […]
It May Be Time For You To Create An Alter-Ego
By Caleb McKerley | Essays
Research has confirmed that Bruce Wayne was right all along. An alter-ego can be a useful tool in achieving your goals. Let’s just hope those goals aren’t crime fighting in a leather bat suit.
Burning Money: Star Wars and Game of Thrones
By Christian Coleman | Articles
Disney and HBO were both seduced by creators who could talk a good game regarding Game of Thrones and Star Wars.
House of the Dragon Is Going to be Trash. I Hope.
By Christian Coleman | Articles
On August 21, 2022, HBO is finally releasing its prequel to Game of Thrones. House of the Dragon details “The Dance of the Dragons,” a civil war in Westeros that […]
The Logistical Failure of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
By Slate Whitmore | Essays
Infantry wins battles. Logistics wins wars.
The Stormlight Archive Is Damn Near Perfect
By Christian Coleman | Uncategorized
Although Stormlight Archive hasn’t completed a full arc yet, I feel confident in saying it’s a worthy successor to Wheel of Time.
Elon Musk and the Return of Robber Barons
By Caleb McKerley | Articles
Baseball’s opening day was last week and many people flocked to stadiums around the country. In Birmingham, Alabama, fans went downtown to Regions Park to see the Chicago White Sox […]
Adaptations Don’t Have to be Faithful to be Good
By Christian Coleman | Essays
Source Material True Fans (SMTF) are those who take to Reddit, Facebook, lonely balconies, and Twitter to whine that the adaptations are “wrong.”
Ginni Thomas is the Deep State
By Caleb McKerley | Essays
Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, worked to support and encourage the Trump coup attempt on January 6th, 2020.
The Four Best Slaveowners
By Christian Coleman | Lists•Ranking
So, what’s my point? Tear down the statues of these men, scrape their names off every building in America, and damn their memories?
Will Smith Slapped Us Awake at the 94th Oscars
By Colter Longshore | Movies•Reviews•TV
Will Smith aside, the 94th Annual Oscars was all about letting your hands do the talking.
94th Annual Oscars Predictions for the End of the World
By Colter Longshore | Articles
Looking over the list of nominations, I feel a little underprepared to make any real Oscars predictions, but I won’t let that stop me.
A California Company Has the Bad Idea That Your Car’s Exhaust Should Smell Like Cotton Candy
By Peter Corn | Articles
If custom scents for your car’s exhaust don’t tip you off that we live in strange times, I’m not sure what will. Don’t get me wrong; I don’t mind catching […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Major League Soccer
By Caleb McKerley | Essays
The Major League Soccer season just completed its third week of the 2022 season and there are plenty of exciting story lines to follow. The World Cup is just around […]
What Makes 2022’s The Batman Unconventionally Brilliant
By Slate Whitmore | Movies•Reviews
A, non-Batman origin story, Batman origin story.
I Haven’t Seen The Batman: A Review
By Christian Coleman | Movies•Reviews
I haven’t seen The Batman yet. However, I’ve seen every other Batman movie, read tons of comic books, and watched all of the cartoons. I’ve got this.
16 Live Action Batman Villains, Ranked
By Colter Longshore | Lists•Ranking
With the release of The Batman, I will undertake the Herculean task of ranking all of the live action cinematic Batman villains from worst to best.
8 Black Female Artists You Should Listen To Vol. 2
By Slate Whitmore | Lists•Recommendations
Here are eight more essential Black female artists, a few you’ve probably heard of and hopefully several you haven’t.
America Is Frozen in the Cold War
By Christian Coleman | Essays
An aggressive petrostate attacking its neighbors does not become America’s “biggest geopolitical threat” just because it’s in Europe. That’s Cold War nostalgia.
Grogu and Mando Are Cowards
By Christian Coleman | Articles
Where are Grogu and Mando when the entire galaxy needed saving?
Presidents Day 2022: The Dumbest Thing Every President Has Done, Vol. 3
By Colter Longshore | Lists•Ranking
Happy Presidents Day 2022. Are y’all ready for more presidential gaffes, blunders, and general stupidity?
Deplatforming is the Loudest Weapon in The Culture War
By Caleb McKerley | Essays
A friend texted me last week recommending I watch the Errol Morris documentary American Dharma. I politely thanked him for the suggestion, that I enjoyed Morris’ early work but wouldn’t […]
The Book of Boba Fett Sucks. I Liked It.
By Christian Coleman | Reviews•TV
I’ll be discussing some plot points from the show. I don’t call them spoilers because, trust me, the plot doesn’t matter at all.
We Used to Have Two Moons
By Christian Coleman | Articles
Put your tin foil hats on. What if I were to tell you the earth had not one but two moons once upon a time over a hundred years ago?
Bryan Harsin and Auburn are Making the 2022 College Football Offseason Decadent Drama
By Colter Longshore | Articles
At the time of this writing, Bryan Harsin is still the head coach of the Auburn University college football program.
Spotify Alternatives? There’s Plenty, but None Are Particularly Ethical
By Caleb McKerley | Lists•Recommendations
Here are some alternatives for you to consider along with the pros and cons each provides in comparison to Spotify.
3 Predictions for The Book of Boba Fett
By Colter Longshore | Reviews•TV
Is The Book of Boba Fett necessary? It’s hard to say, but like Solo, it’s introducing some really interesting world building to the Star Wars universe.
Boomers Have a Stranglehold on America
By Christian Coleman | Essays
Boomers saw America through Vietnam, political violence, stagflation, the Iran hostage crisis, the Cold War, and 9/11. It’s time to hang up the jersey.
Pete Davidson is Rasputin
By Caleb McKerley | Articles
Rasputin still walks among us disguised as Pete Davidson.
4 Ways to Beat Streaming Fatigue in 2022 and Ensure You Always Know What to Watch
By Caleb McKerley | Lists•Recommendations
Streaming fatigue absolutely sucks. It will creep up on you without notice. You’ll sit down on the couch after a good meal and ask your partner, “what should we watch?”
4 Movies in Theaters I Saw in January 2022
By Colter Longshore | Movies•Reviews
I see a lot of movies in theaters. I will try my best to summarize my thoughts from whatever recent films I saw, for as long as necessary.
Does AEW Have a Diversity Problem? Here’s What They Need to Fix in 2022
By Slate Whitmore | Essays
AEW has revolutionized professional wrestling, but it still has room for improvement, especially regarding diversity.
MLK Is Not Your Magical Negro
By Christian Coleman | Essays
In the Kingist myth, MLK was a superhuman; this is more damaging than it sounds.
New Year, New You, New Shoe: Atreyu Running Shoes Review
By Christian Coleman | Reviews•Uncategorized
I just ordered my second pair of Atreyu Running shoes. Atreyu is a Texas-based running shoe company that began a few years ago by offering shoe subscriptions. You paid a […]
Senators Used to Be Giants. Now They’re Trolls
By Christian Coleman | Essays
Senators don’t wear togas anymore. They don’t glide towards the forum clutching six yards of white fabric rimmed in blood-red, but they are inheritors of the Roman legacy. They still […]
Definitive Proof we Aren’t Living in a Matrix
By Christian Coleman | Articles•Essays
I’ve written before that I believe our existence has a high probability of being a computer simulation, a matrix. I still believe this, in a sense, and I can also […]
Democrats and Republicans Didn’t Switch Positions on Race
By Christian Coleman | Essays
In conventional wisdom, it’s cute and common to say that Democrats and Republicans have switched positions on race. The conventional cuteness says that Democrats were racists until the early 70s […]
Is The Matrix in America?
By Christian Coleman | Articles
So, I have a two part question: does America exist to the duracells plugged into the matrix, and does American history exist?
Was September 11th an Inflection Point? The 5 Different 9/11s: Part 5
By Colter Longshore | Essays
We’ve covered many of the ways the events of that day are still impacting us now, but are they enough for it to add up to being an inflection point in human history?
The Civil War Was About Slavery. We Brought Receipts.
By Christian Coleman | Essays
If the Civil War wasn’t about slavery, somebody should have told the Confederates.
This December I’m Celebrating The Matrix
By Christian Coleman | Essays
I’ll never recapture the high of watching it for the first time, but this December, I get to go back to the Matrix. All you Reloaded and Revolutions haters can just stay asleep and ignorant in the world The Matrix created.
5 Questions Matrix Resurrections Should Answer
By Christian Coleman | Lists
Matrix Resurrections premieres on December 22, 2021, and I demand answers.
December 1, 1824 — The Electoral College Fails Again
By Christian Coleman | Articles
The Electoral College isn’t a term in the US Constitution. It’s a construction that allows us to envision the collective body of electors who choose the president.