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2022

November 19 | Illinois vs. No. 8 UCLA (Sports)
November 18 | Detonation by Design (Sports, Television)
November 17 | Jesse Camp for President (Politics)
November 16 | Back to the Moon (Space)
November 12 | John Lewis & Partners | Christmas Ad 2022 (Imagination)
November 11 | Illinois vs. Kansas City 11/11/2022 (Sports)
November 11 | Kevin Conroy, RIP (Comics, Television)
November 10 | Inside the Twitter Meltdown (Social Media)
November 9 | Normal Candidates (Politics)
November 8 | Ugly America (Politics)
November 7 | Illinois vs. Eastern Illinois 11/7/2022 (Sports)
November 3 | Quantity and Quality (Writing)
November 2 | Jony Ive on Life After Apple (Writing)
November 1 | Tweet, Tweet (Social Media)
October 28 | Musky Twitter (Social Media)
October 26 | The New DC Studios (Movies)
October 25 | Stillness Before the Storm (Me)
October 24 | The Disgust Is The Product (Politics)
October 22 | KISS Performs Secret Philip Morris Concert In Austin, Texas (Music)
October 20 | Illinois Football is Good (Sports)
October 11 | Inevitability (Politics)
October 10 | 1-15 (Sports)
October 4 | Let it Be (Me)
September 8 | Republicans Scrap Online References to Trump, Abortion (Politics)
September 3 | Mountaintop (Sports)
September 1 | Barney (Television)
August 19 | Republicans Are America’s Problem (Politics)
August 16 | The “Real” Home-Run Record Is 73, Not 61 (Sports)
August 14 | Trump Took Top Secret (and higher) Files from the White House (Politics)
August 2 | Countdown with Keith Olbermann (Politics)
July 19 | Quadball (Sports)
June 30 | Robot Umpires (Sports)
June 27 | Instagram and Facebook Remove Posts Offering Abortion Pills (Social Media)
June 25 | Blade Runner at 40 (Movies)
June 24 | The Great Divergence (Politics)
June 10 | “A Pretty Simple Story.” (Politics)
June 7 | Illinois is Finally Recruiting like a Power 5 Program (Sports)
June 6 | Republican Messaging (Politics)
May 26 | Numb (Politics)
May 22 | The Smallest Viable Audience (Marketing)
May 17 | Maximum Clarity (Me)
May 16 | Taking a Break from Social Media is Good for You (Social Media)
May 11 | Thinking About Friendships (Me)
May 6 | The Plan to Repeal the 20th Century (Politics)
May 1 | Neal Adams, RIP (Comics)
April 27 | Memories of Things Nobody Cares About (Me, Movies)
April 25 | Elon Musk to Acquire Twitter (Social Media)
April 19 | Sacred Space (Imagination)
April 16 | Overhauling DC Entertainment (Movies)
April 13 | Movies and Streaming (Movies)
April 12 | Start From Quiet (Me)
April 11 | They Think Their Hate Makes Them Special (Politics)
April 8 | Smoke the Skyy (Sports)
March 30 | The Slap Trap Clap (Movies, Politics)
March 29 | Belo (Sports)
March 27 | Will Smith Smacks Chris Rock, a Breakdown (Movies)
March 26 | Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins Dead at 50 (Music)
March 19 | If We’re Back to ‘Normal,’ Why Am I Still So Exhausted All the Time? (Me)
March 16 | I Need A New Butt (Imagination, Politics)
March 15 | Something in the Way (Movies)
March 13 | Cardinals Maybe Interested in Albert Pujols (Sports)
March 8 | How Did This Many Deaths Become Normal? (Politics)
March 3 | Ted Chiang (Imagination, Writing)
March 2 | Falling Asleep to Fake Baseball (Sports)
February 25 | Pressure (Me)
February 24 | Russia Begins Large-scale Invasion of Ukraine (Politics)
February 21 | The Madison Punchslap (Sports)
February 17 | Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, Reviewed by Ethan Coen (Comedy)
February 17 | What Lucasfilm Should Be Doing (Marketing, Movies, Television)
February 14 | Mazars Cut Ties with Trump Organization (Politics)
February 6 | Facebook’s Well is Finally Tapped Out (Social Media)
January 29 | Tennessee School Board Removes Holocaust Graphic Novel Maus From Its Curriculum (Comics, Politics)
January 22 | “We have jetpacks and we do not care.” (Imagination)
January 21 | Running Down a Dream (Me, Sports)
January 20 | It’s a Terrible Idea to Deny Medical Care to Unvaccinated People (Health, Politics)
January 10 | Nostalgia is a Powerful Drug (Television)
January 8 | The New York Times to Buy The Athletic for $550 Million in Cash (Sports)
January 1 | January 1 (Me)

2021

December 18 | Don’t Look Back (Me)
December 16 | The Pattern (Marketing, Politics)
December 4 | Time, Energy, and Balance (Me)
November 27 | Thankful Things (Me)
November 20 | Digital Insanity (Me)
November 9 | Football Will Never Stop Coming Up With New Ways To Ruin Football (Sports)
November 8 | The Real Benefits Of Staying Off Social Media (Social Media)
November 6 | Foundation and Dune (Books, Movies, Television)
November 2 | Seriously, You Can Still Ignore Trump (Politics)
October 30 | Anything Can Happen on Halloween (Me)
October 29 | Let it fly: Andre Curbelo, Kofi Cockburn lead an Illinois team ready to run and shoot (Sports)
October 25 | Facebook Papers: ‘History Will Not Judge Us Kindly’ (Social Media)
October 23 | Shout it Out Loud (Music)
October 16 | James Bond will Return in… (Movies)
October 13 | Look Up In The Sky! It’s A Bird! It’s A Plane! It’s Bisexual Superman! (Comics)
October 11 | The Bill Maher Prediction (Politics, Television)
October 10 | High School principal who enjoys Iron Maiden subject of dueling petitions (Music, Politics)
October 9 | The Asteroid is a Metaphor (Television)
September 30 | The Problem with Jon Stewart (Television)
September 18 | The Most Important Albums of my Childhood (Music)
September 15 | Norm Macdonald would hate this obituary for Norm Macdonald (Comedy)
September 11 | The Top Ten Favorite New Streaming Shows I Can’t Wait to Watch (Television)
September 4 | Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings Review (Movies)
August 28 | I Should Hate Football (Me, Sports)
August 22 | Parents Are Not Okay (Me, Politics)
August 21 | “I’m Batman.” (Movies)
August 20 | The Pandemic Isn’t Over (Health)
August 17 | Time Dilation (Me)
August 14 | Fixing the DC Cinematic Universe Part 2 (Comics, Movies)
August 12 | “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals, and you know it.” (Politics)
July 31 | What if Star Trek The Next Generation Was a Streaming Show? (Television)
July 26 | The Cleveland Guardians (Marketing, Sports)
July 24 | Fixing the DC Cinematic Universe Part 1 (Comics, Movies)
July 17 | Crisis on Infinite Marvel Universes (Comics, Movies)
July 13 | Stephen A. Smith’s Racist Take on Shohei Ohtani (Sports)
July 10 | In Defense of Binge-Watching (Television)
July 9 | How Sad, No One Wants To F**k Trump Supporters (Politics)
July 3 | All That Once Was Good (Me, Sports)
June 27 | My Ten Favorite Super Hero Movies (Comics, Movies)
June 19 | Sons and Fathers (Me, Music)
June 12 | Raiders of the Lost Ark at 40 (Uncategorized)
June 6 | Have you ever changed your mind? (Uncategorized)
June 5 | A Cartographer of Tiny Perfect Things (Uncategorized)
June 3 | Delusional Thinking (Uncategorized)
May 29 | The One About Nostalgia (Uncategorized)
May 28 | Kintsugi (Uncategorized)
May 27 | When It’s Critical to Have a Plan (Uncategorized)
May 26 | Write it Down (Uncategorized)
May 22 | “Stay kind, kid. No one will see it coming.” (Uncategorized)
May 18 | Faith vs. Facts vs. Fear (Uncategorized)
May 15 | My 10 Favorite Comics That Should be Considered for Adapting to TV and Movies (Uncategorized)
May 8 | Waiting for the Man (Uncategorized)
May 5 | Stupid is as Stupid Does (Uncategorized)
May 2 | Focus (Uncategorized)
May 1 | My 10 Favorite YouTube Creators (Uncategorized)
April 24 | Ignorant versus Stupid (Uncategorized)
April 21 | Guilty (Uncategorized)
April 17 | The Song Remains the Same (Uncategorized)
April 10 | My Ten Favorite Science Fiction Movies of the Last Ten Years (Uncategorized)
April 6 | Private Choices Have Public Consequences (Uncategorized)
April 3 | Pop Culture Curation (Uncategorized)
March 27 | My Ten Favorite Songs from Fictional Universes (Uncategorized)
March 20 | The Zack Snyder Aesthetic (Uncategorized)
March 13 | Marching Up the Mountain (Uncategorized)
March 6 | How to Reboot the Superman Movies (Uncategorized)
February 27 | My Ultimate WandaVision Theory (Uncategorized)
February 20 | Content versus Form (Uncategorized)
February 19 | Tending the Garden (Uncategorized)
February 14 | The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Makes No Sense (Uncategorized)
February 12 | The Spectacular Fall of the Lincoln Project (Uncategorized)
February 8 | It Was A Good Day (Uncategorized)
February 6 | The Day After the Super Bowl (Uncategorized)
February 1 | Nolan Arenado, St. Louis Cardinals Third Baseman (Uncategorized)
January 30 | Snob Mentality (Uncategorized)
January 26 | Doomscrolling at Scale (Uncategorized)
January 23 | Paul Simon Kind of Mood (Uncategorized)
January 22 | The Hill We Climb (Uncategorized)
January 21 | Onward (Uncategorized)
January 19 | Paul Stanley’s Soul Station (Uncategorized)
January 16 | The James Bond Movie Formula (Uncategorized)
January 15 | Illini manager Bobby Gikas brings ‘juice’ from the bench (Uncategorized)
January 12 | Don’t Prosecute Gotham’s Supervillains for Their Latest Scheme (Comedy)
January 9 | The Innocence of Youth (Me)
January 8 | The Assault On The Capitol Wasn’t A Coup, It Was A Warning (Uncategorized)