Irish-American Contributions to America:

Matthew Hogan | Comments (1)
March 17, 2009 10:46 AM

My annual, if increasingly outdated, not-so-reverent St. Patrick's Day look at my tribe's contributions to America. The part on the Irish (Gaelic) language is for us language nerds only but Irish-American contributions to municipal corruption, public vomiting, and terrorist fundraising are not overlooked....[More]

RIP Marwan Burgan

Matthew Hogan | Comments (0)
March 7, 2009 09:29 AM

I could never perform this well in my best days, much less about 24 hours before I passed away from the ravages of pancreatic cancer and/or its treatments. Thanks for enriching my life and so many others' as well (including, like me, non-Democrats!). RIP always....[More]

The Future in All Its Facebook Horror

Matthew Hogan | Comments (0)
February 28, 2009 09:26 AM

Shamelessly poached via Jim Henley, comes this vision of the future....[More]

Gender Observation & Hair Care

Matthew Hogan | Comments (2)
November 15, 2008 08:59 PM

I've come to the realization that no matter how destitute, bankrupt, broke, foreclosed-upon, forlorn, bereft, or empty-handed a woman may be, she always has enough to buy hair color. I picture in some post-feminist future a lost all-woman astronaut exploration trip to the Martian poles. They are found months later...[More]

Paul Newman, RIP

Matthew Hogan | Comments (0)
September 28, 2008 12:11 AM

Not a great fan, but always found him likeable. (For the MENA-oriented, he might be especially loved or reviled given his role as The Man Who Made Israel Sexy, leaving the gals sighin' for Zion.) And funny, he didn't look Slovak. Legends have come and gone recently. I am glad...[More]