Category: FEATURES

Offensive Big Pharma Super Bowl Ad Makes Light of Opioid Use

I’ve reported extensively on concussions and injuries in the NFL. Recently, I spoke with former players Kyle Turley and Gerome Sapp and they told me how common it is for team doctors to push pain pills just to get them to the point where they can continue playing.  Since writing that story for The Marijuana Times, I saw Concussion, with… Read more →

Will the Real Bernie Sanders Please Stand Up

Move over Tina Fey – Larry David’s impression of Bernie Sanders is pretty…pretty…pretty…AMAZINGLY HILARIOUS. Whether or not you’re a fan of Larry David, the talented comedy writer and actor has produced hit series like Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, he was even a writer for Saturday Night Live for a year back in the early 80’s. Last night he hosted SNL and… Read more →

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‘Deadpool’: Juvenile and Loving It

Hilarious and unapologetically dumb, Deadpool is 100 minutes of superhero dick and fart jokes with a side of real heart When you have a marketing campaign as extensive as the one Fox mounted for Deadpool, there’s a general fear that the quality of the film might be a bit suspect. While the campaign was certainly meant to acclimate audiences to… Read more →

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Cam Newton: Fear of a Big Black Buck

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton presents a threat in a way few black athletes have, exposing an older level of racism long disregarded. Until now. Cam Newton is a rarity and yet he’s not. There is no discernible way in which Newton serves as a trailblazer of any sort. He’s not the first black quarterback, he’s not the first black… Read more →

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Iowa Caucus: Coin Flips For Hillary; O’Malley Says Goodbye

  After a night full of coin flips and concessions, Hillary Clinton takes a .3 percent lead in the Iowa Caucus over Bernie Sanders while Martin O’Malley drops out If we told you six months ago that the most contentious race at the Iowa Caucus would be the Democratic one, chances are we’d be laughed out of the room. Now, after… Read more →