Guy Smith | November 30, 2007
I love stand-up comedy. Why this ex-cowboy enjoys that form of entertainment is still a mystery. I suspect it is the only pastime that reinforces my cynical nature.
In the current crop of stand-up funnymen, nobody is more side splitting hilarious that Osama bin Laden. Now one normally doesn’t equate international terrorism with [...]
Guy Smith | November 21, 2007
If you have wondered why television writers are striking, this little YouTube video (written by striking Daily Show writers) explains it quite nicely. It is time for writers to get their piece of the digital world’s action.
Guy Smith | November 20, 2007
The test of a nation comes when its established principles are challenged and survive.
Today the United States Supreme Court accepted the Heller (formerly Parker) case, which is a pure test of the intent and original meaning of the constitution’s Second Amendment. This provision, poorly authored as it may have been, preserves the right of [...]
Guy Smith | November 11, 2007
The meanderings of the Parker (now Heller) case is enough to confuse God, were he paying attention.
For people distracted by American Idol and other drivel, the Parker cum Heller case is perhaps the single most important test of constitutional originalism to reach the ears of the Supreme Court since … well, since before I was [...]
Guy Smith | November 5, 2007
Writer’s groups serve a purpose … I am told.
I’ve been lucky in my lone-wolf mentality, having never been unsure about my ability to craft prose. Early on a kind but likely deranged editor paid me cold, hard cash for several hundred words, which assured me that I had enough skill to make a buck or [...]
