by Conor McCarthy | Oct 15, 2016 | Politics
Smoking in Bars I put “part one” in this title because I’m sure I’ll find some other issue that fits under the “Nanny State” title that defies all logic and good sense. For now, however, we’re only going to traverse the rocky crag that is “smoking in bars.” Now I...
by Conor McCarthy | Oct 15, 2016 | Politics
If you haven’t heard the doomsday theories about 2012, you’re living under a rock. Or you’re Kent, who also didn’t know what the hell I was talking about when I pitched this article idea. Or maybe you’re living in a beautiful fantasy world, blissfully ignorant of all...
by Conor McCarthy | Aug 28, 2016 | Politics
God bless America. It’s a land where we can all believe different things, have different values, look different, speak different, smell different, be Joaquin Phoenix, and still get along and respect each other like one big happy American family. Right? That’s how we...
by Conor McCarthy | Aug 14, 2016 | Culture, Politics
This article was originally written for www.gapersblock.com. You can see the article there also. So I was at the post office the other day, mailing something to my special lady friend. It’s long distance so you really have to send letters and what not to keep points...
by Conor McCarthy | Aug 14, 2016 | Culture, Nonsense, Politics
I have a friend who is in the process of obtaining a student visa in order to attend an a university here in Chicago. The hoops that they require you to jump through are extensive and often ludicrous, but nothing has been quite as amusing in its absurdity as the...
by Conor McCarthy | Oct 15, 2015 | Culture, Nonsense, Politics
Dear Saturday Night Live, I don’t know if you were planning on doing a skit about the ripe-for-parody Democratic Debate being that NBC hearts HRC, but I went ahead and wrote you one just in case. Please feel free to use it and pay me for it. – Conor. Shot opens with...
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