Reality Check–THE BERNIE PROBLEM? Democratic Primaries Kick Off with Chaos & Fear James Campion February 18, 2020 Reality Check The shit show that is the Iowa Caucuses draped a pall of calamity on the start of the 2020 election season. After three years of a mentally-challenged racist goofball in the White House, sixty-percent of the n...
Reality Check–THE GHOSTS OF HATE & FREEDOM: In Praise of Jojo Rabbit, The Best Film I Have Seen in a Decade James Campion February 10, 2020 Columns, Reality Check “We have to dance to show God we are grateful for being alive.” The power of satire, when done fearlessly, unapologetically, and with a sense of artistic duty laid out through the centuries by such masters ...
Reality Check–Reader Responses James Campion February 4, 2020 Columns, Reality Check I believe that Trump’s incredible miscalculation of Syria will lead to terrible consequences in Iraq and also Iran. (PRESIDENT TERRORIST – Issue: 10/23/19) For a man who applies zero forethought to anything, h...
Reality Check–IMPEACHMENT FOLLIES: Another Element of Governing Where No One Wins James Campion January 29, 2020 Reality Check Impeachment is hard. There have only been three in the nearly 244 years of this nation’s existence. Considering the rogue’s gallery of insipid fuck-ups that have served as president, that means you really h...
Reality Check–CHEATERS PROSPER: A Guide for Our Children James Campion January 22, 2020 Columns, Reality Check This past week a Major League Baseball investigation concluded that the 2017 Houston Astros cheated to win the World Series. They stole signs that catchers put down to let the pitcher know which pitch he shoul...
Reality Check–AMERICA ALONE: Welcome to the New Age of Isolation, Apathy & Defeat James Campion January 15, 2020 Columns, Reality Check I’m not sure what you would call this Trump Doctrine. Is it foreign policy? Not sure it would make the cut of any “policy,” per se. Seems like most of this presidency’s maneuvers are knee-jerk, ad-hoc, half-as...
Reality Check– THE IRAN MISTAKE Forget Impeachment, Crimes, Lying, Stupidity & Sucking Up to Tyrants – This is the Worst Part of the Worst First Term James Campion January 8, 2020 Columns, Reality Check We are at the brink of war with Iran. The executive branch is at war with Congress. The Senate and the House are at war. A game show host is in charge of all this. Welcome to 2020. What a shock.&nb...
Rock Reads Year-End Edition: A Holiday Guide For The Rock & Roll Literate James Campion December 18, 2019 Reviews Looking for a celebration of music in words to stuff the stockings of the rock fan in your life? Well, look no further! Me – Elton John (2019) In the wake of this summer’s blockbuster biopic, Rocket Man ...
Reality Check–Readers’ Responses James Campion December 18, 2019 Columns, Reality Check Mr. Campion, I think what you have done in this column the past year or so is a valuable public service and it really culminates with this one. (GAME SHOW HOST + PRESIDENCY = IMPEACHMENT – Issue: 10/2/19) T...
Reality Check–NOT ALL REPUBLICANS ARE FOR TRUMP: Mass Exodus of GOP in Congress Tell a Different Tale James Campion December 11, 2019 Columns, Reality Check I have spent weeks hammering Republicans who have contorted their broken ideologies and done mind-bending about-faces on morality and Russia and free trade and exploding deficits and a ton of other apparently ...
