Tag - Commentary
Uber Stupid? The California Uber Ruling
Why It’s Time To Revisit The Turing Test
So You Think You Can Dance. But What Do You Live For?
Adult Playgrounds: How To Have Fun Without Getting Arrested
Appropriation: How Rachel Dolezal Became The New Black
Neither Rich Nor Poor? Travel Tips for The Rest of Us
Why Specialization Is Killing Baseball
On Rachel Dolezal: It’s A Trans World After All
U.S. Senate Proposes Two Dueling Cuban Commerce Laws
Aretha Franklin Demands R-E-S-P-E-C-T
On The End of The Iowa Straw Poll, Twitter And You
Maximum Security Escape: How Felons Groom Accomplices
Don’t F#&k Around With Nature: Jurassic World review
Sky High Confessional: The Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Online Dating: The Last Bastion of Racism in America
On Sacked Nobel Tim Hunt: The Trouble with Being PC
“Game of Thrones” And ISIS: What They Have in Common
Suffering, Redemption And “The Six Million Dollar Man”
Ted Rall: The Student Loan Crisis
Hillary Clinton on Instagram: Another Ploy to Look Wholesome
Surprisingly Great New Releases from Old Punkers
Lucid Energy, Cynar: Clever Energy Innovations To Consider Now
Partisan Politics, Rudeness And The Unavoidable
Ted Rall: You Don’t Have To Be Straight To Shoot Straight
Cole Smithey: “Hot Girls Wanted” review
Gay Troops: Equal Opportunity Fighting. Yay.
RIP Beau Biden and David Goldberg: But Who Were They?
Don’t Let Disney Make You Dig Your Own Grave
Why Guys Over 40 Make Such Lousy Dates
Blame The Unions, Blame The Workers
Welcome to The Planet of The Geeks [toon]
The Trouble with Carly
For Profit Schools: Are You Paying 80K For A Fake Degree?
If You Remember Boston’s Rathskeller, You’ll Throw up All Over This Story
Grit And Grace: A Night in The Rat Suite [gallery]
Texting And Driving: What to Do If You Get Pulled Over
Hot Girls Wanted: 18 Year Old Teenyboppers Preferred
Neil Armstrong: Would He Be Hired By An Algorithm?
Empty Symbolism: Why The Freedom Act Sucks
Jason Dias: Suffering Is Optional, But I Highly Recommend It
FIFA, We Hardly Knew Ye
Baseball: No, No, No, It’s Not Just Another Out
Cover Girl Caitlyn Jenner: And The Media Smiles — Condescendingly
Buying An Electric Vehicle Anytime Soon?
Google I/O 2015: Do No Evil? Really?
You Too Can be a Morning Person
Activision And The History of Gaming
Volcano, San Andreas, 2012: Why Disaster Movies Suck
Cannes Film Festival 2015: 3D Sexploitation And ‘Love’
Ted Rall: Offensive, Classic Jokes That’ll Live On
Ted Rall: On The Perils of Being No. 2 at ISIS
In Fond Remembrance of ‘Mad Men,’ Which I Never Watched
Too Bad, Snowden: NSA Phone Spying Is Just The Beginning
Let’s Change the Designated Hitter Rule in Baseball
Ted Rall on Wall Street Corruption: Slackers!
It Might Be Time to Get A Digital Afterlife [infographic]
Here’s The Problem with Obama’s New Twitter Account
Cannes Film Festival 2015: Day Five News Roundup
Osama Bin Laden Killing: Lucky Day for Seal Team Six
Cannes Film Festival 2015: Day Three News, Views
The Price of Ambiguity: How Not to Fear Dying
Amtrak Crash News Conference: Just The Same Stupid Drivel
New Reddit Harrassment Policy: What Reddit Knows Best
Why Work Hard? On Facing The Myth of Work-Life Balance
TeachTech: Three Elon Musk Videos to Inspire Your Students
Amtrak Train Crash: Train Was Going 107 MPH, Why That Matters
The Killing of Osama Bin Laden: Seven Questions Americans Should Ask Now
The View from Inside A Psych Hospital: When Tension Builds
Seymour Hersh on Bin Ladin Capture: 86-ing “Zero Dark Thirty”
Nike TPP Promise: Ten Thousand to Be Hired If We Just Do It
RIP Political Cartoonists: When They Came for Us, You Said Nothing
What The Vindication of Edward Snowden Really Means
Meet The Gal Who Broke Charles Manson’s Heart
African vs Mexican Immigrants: Get My Gun
United Rhapsody: Gag Me with A Pop Culture One Percenter
Robots vs Migrants: The Dilemma of Japan’s Stagnating Economy
Baltimore Cops: Freddie Gray Might’ve Broken His Own Spine. What?
Ted Rall: Marked for A Pulitzer Or Marked for Death?
The Joe Biden 2016 Scenario: Sorta Run, Joe, Sorta Run
You Watch Too Many Sandra Bullock Movies, Bro
Bad Taste, Dirty Secrets: The Truth about The Pulitzer Prize
Greg Wyler, OneWeb and Satellite Internet
Attention Chinese Mad Scientists: I’ll Be Your Designer Baby
US Drone Kills American Aid Worker: Why Didn’t They Know?
Joint Plan of Action: Obama Splits Jews with Iran Nuclear Deal
On YouTube Candidacy And The 2016 Presidential Clown Car
The Mailman Won: USPS Plans Delivery Truck, Drone Launcher
Ted Rall: Habeas Chimpus
On Prioritizing Content: The Facebook Disconnect
On Hillary Clinton: Tokenism, Fascism’s Beard
Jason Dias: Why I Am A Pacifist
What Are Police for, Really?
The Cops Have Met Their Enemies: They Are Us
Guy Who Shot Walter Scott Video Is Selling It for 10K. And Good for Him
Shame on You! The Double Edged Social Media Sword
Oh Mercy, Percy, I Am Still Looking for Your Kind of Love
In Defense of A Cop’s Right to Beat People Up. Privately.
Hillary Clinton: She Runs First, but Thinks Last
So You Want to Be A Writer? Cool. Here’s How to Write
EU Antitrust Charges Against Google? NP. Just Buy Europe
Yemen Drone Strikes: Arrest This!
Why is Walter Scott Dead? Because We’re Cowards, All of Us
Ted Rall: In Backing Away, Rand Paul Proves US System Is Broken
Indiana Religious Freedom: The Art of Catering A Gay Wedding
Listen, Neurotypical: You Need to Stop Calling Us Aspis
Mobile Payments: How Facebook Messenger Measures Up
Jeb Bush Checked ‘Latino’ on A 2009 Form: Que Loco!
Too Many Changes to Name: World of Warcraft Patch 6.1
Ted Rall: On the Real Cause of the German Copilot Suicide/Murder
Jason Dias: On Racism, Reality and the Outrage of False Equivalence
Too Crazy to Fly? On the Real Meaning of Crazy, Insane — and Evil
Read This Before All Your Brain Cells Are Gone (And They’re Going Fast!)
Do You Want to See Me Punished?
Closing Guantanamo: Better Late than Never — NOT!
Sad But True: Here’s How to Get Hired for Anything (Really!)
Killed Them All? Did Robert Durst Kill More Than Three Victims?
One Delta Flight That Highlights Why Air Travel Sucks So Bad
Bye, Bye, Body Scans: Let’s Get Rid of the TSA
The Flynn Effect: It’s Why All Your Favorite Films All Suck Now
Bet You Don’t Know Jeb Bush’s Real Name. Why Is That?
If It Doesn’t Die Right Away, Apple’s New Macbook Is Amazing
Ellen Pao vs Kleiner: What It Means to You and Silicon Valley
Why the Government Is at War With Your Health Supplements [commentary]
Dear CIA: It’s Mosul! Not Missoula …
Softcard: Just the Latest Epic Wireless Carrier Fail
Ted Rall: Too Stupid To Nuke
Ted Rall on A Theory of the Drone: Clarifying, Terrifying [review]
Really? Are a Man’s Stomach and Penis Connected, Too?
Wannabe ISIS Fighters Arrested in NYC: Chickens Coming Home
Bill O’Reilly and VA Head Macdonald: Poor Victims of Brian Williams Disease
On Dying Fish, Fundamentalism and the Blindness of Faith
Jason Dias: On Writing to Destroy Yourself
Who Could’ve Known? On Murder, Earthquakes and Hindsight
Ted Rall: On Respecting People’s Religion, Not Their Politics
Hamburger on the Hoof? Here’s the Right Way to Eat Animals
Jason Dias: What America Would Be Like If We Weren’t Racist
Amnesia: Yet Another Reason Why Newspapers Are Dying
Asperger Syndrome: Why My Autism Makes You So Nervous
Apple Car? Here’s What To Expect From the iCar [exclusive]
What Is Insight? In The Long Run [book review]
Goodbye, Jon Stewart: Please Let the New Guy Be Funnier
On Memory: Or Why Brian Williams Can’t Perceive the World As It Is
On the Death of the University: What’s Next?
Jason Dias: On the Meaning of Life or the Lack Thereof
Hillary Clinton 2016: Desperately Seeking Ideas — And A Platform
On Torture Photos: The US Thinks You Can’t Handle the Truth
Ted Rall: On Measles, Anti-Vaccine Parents and Hypocrites
Recipe for a Nightmare: The US Creation of ISIS, Hate Distillate
Ted Rall: On the Justification for Bombing ISIS, Or Lack Thereof
Ted Rall: On the Corruption of Sheldon Silver
Ted Rall: Why is the US Tracking Your Car? Asset Forfeiture!
Ted Rall: On Drone Crashes, Narcissism and Obama Paranoia
Don’t Resign Your Job on Monday: Watch This First!
Ted Rall: Recovery Equals New Jobs, But Worse Jobs
Ted Rall on American Sniper: Cinematic Heroes of Terror Wars
On the New Congress: Better They Just Keep Doing Nothing
Ted Rall: Pre Ripping Apart the State of the Union Address
On Selma: Hollywood’s Sleazy Perversion of History
Steve Wozniak: What’s Right With Android, Apple Pay and YotaPhone
Ted Rall: For the First Time, Most Public School Kids Are Poor
Dear Ex Google Glass Explorers: Don’t Give Up Yet
Ted Rall: Google Glass RIP, Sorta Kinda
Ted Rall: Charlie Hebdo and an Irresistible Political Opportunity
Ted Rall: On Charlie Hebdo and the Real Free Speech Weenies
Cyber Jihad and Your Twitter Feed
Ted Rall: Support Free Expression, Hire a Cartoonist Today
Post Charlie Hebdo: Three Things To Know About Muslims in France
Sony Hackers: Was It Really N. Korea? Why Some FBI Folk Doubt It
Cuba Commentary: Will Internet Access Be Expanded?
David Michaelis: Why New Tech Policies in Cuba Matter
Cuba, North Korea, Cop Killers: As Conservative Tactics Fail
Cyber Hacking, Sony and Asymmetric Warfare
Ted Rall: Why America Is So Over
How Not To Be a Monogamist
Don’t Hire Anyone Over 30: Ageism in Silicon Valley
Ted Rall on US Torture: What’s Really New Here? [analysis]
A History of Computer Science at the RAND Corporation
Target Pulls Grand Theft Auto 5 Off Shelves
Stupid Grand Jury: Why the System Didn’t Work for Eric Garner
The Ice Age: Tech Workaholics and Drugs [infographic]
Ted Rall: They Shoot White People Too, Don’t They?
Valley Of Immigration: Obama on New Tech Rules
Jon Stewart Confronts Jewish Pressure, Video
On White People Using the N Word: Really a Thing?
Has Obama Saved Net Neutrality?
Silicon Valley Diversity: Non-Existent [infographic]
Ted Rall: Welcome to Red State Football [toon]
Ted Rall: Why Encourage More Ignorant People To Vote?
Ted Rall: What Really Went Wrong with First Look Media
Ted Rall: It’s the Two-Party System, Stupid!
Induced Seismicity: How the Oil Biz Causes Earthquakes
Election Day 2014: On Sleaze and Disinformation
CBS All Access Works Poorly, and It Has Commercials
A Closer Look: How Alibaba Compares with US Companies Now
Not Made in America: The Right to Be Forgotten
Larry Press: Why I Won’t Buy Ebola.Com
Ted Rall: Obama, Syria and the Arms Decision
Ted Rall: Why MSNBC Is In Trouble
