Ronan CallahanGood Satire Doesn’t MatterLet’s get one thing straight: Adam McKay’s 2021 Netflix original movie Don’t Look Up is funny. A satirical take on how climate change is…Dec 28, 2021Dec 28, 2021
Ronan CallahanNo Fucking ThanksWhat determines value? If you subscribe to Karl Marx’s labor theory of value, value is determined by the amount of socially necessary labor…Dec 27, 2021Dec 27, 2021
Ronan CallahanCuban Nothing CrisisThe first time the word “fibromyalgia” was used to describe chronic pain was in 1976. It can manifest in different ways — dull aches…Oct 31, 2021Oct 31, 2021
Ronan CallahanBoondoggleAfter 20 years, $2 trillion, 2,420 dead American troops, 65,596 dead Afghan troops, and 47,245 dead Afghan civilians, we are exactly where…Aug 18, 2021Aug 18, 2021
Ronan CallahanThe Assassination of Aaron Rodgers by the Coward Matt LaFleurComputers are ruining football. Twenty years ago, the opposite was true in sports, particularly baseball — scouts were valued because of…Jan 26, 2021Jan 26, 2021
Ronan CallahanBeer Hall Putz, or: Everything Is Broken and There Is No Way to Fix ItOn January 6th, 2020, supporters of Donald Trump stormed the Capitol Building in Washington, DC, in an effort to stop the certification of…Jan 24, 2021Jan 24, 2021
Ronan CallahanThe Democrat ProblemAs I write this, Joe Biden, the candidate who was pitched as the safe and electable choice (much like Hillary Clinton was in 2016), is on…Dec 10, 2020Dec 10, 2020