After the Washington Nationals won the 2019 World Series they were presented with an opportunity to visit the White House and receive congratulations from the president. Historically, these visits haven’t been the lightening rods they have become in the era of Trump. …

by Ryan M. Leach I understand the world is burning down around us because of Trumps, but I need to talk about this “Cats” trailer. This hot mess. Yall, where do I begin? Problem 1: They are trying to make these actors look like literal cats except for the one…

By Ryan M.Leach When the news broke that actor Jussie Smollett had been attacked by two men in Chicago, I was shocked. Reports shared that the attackers jumped Smollett around 2 a.m. near a Subway, where he had gone to get a late night bite. The two men beat him…

The 2018 elections have stirred up record turn out for a mid term. Both sides are energized, but the same question keeps popping up in the heads of centrist Democrats everywhere. “Should I still vote for one of the ‘good” Republicans in my community? The short answer is NO. …

I wasn’t originally going to buy a ticket to the Kathy Griffin stand-up show in Houston on August 20, 2018. Not because of any political reason related to her now infamous photo of her holding up a Trump Halloween mask covered in catsup. I just hadn’t really followed her since…

In the final act of film, The Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch of the West stood in her tower window and ordered her flying monkeys to capture the character Dorothy and her band of misfits. Toto too. She screamed at her minions, “Fly, my pretties! Fly!” And they flew…

So let’s talk about free speech and the difference between hate speech, offensive speech, racism, and criticism. I am not sure when people got these so confused, but I think it was in November 2016. Whatever the nature of your speech is (hate, offensive, racist or critical), almost all of…

There are a lot of things that are unrelatable to audiences of Love, Simon, the gay teen rom-com/coming out story directed by Nick Berlanti and starring Nick Robinson as the titular, Simon Spear. First, there is the affluent neighborhood where the weather is light-jacket-optional all year round. Next, there is…

I was reading an article in the New York Post about an eighth grader from New York who was presented with the opportunity to pose with House Speaker Paul Ryan. He, along with what the story describes as about half of the class, declined the photo op. The child said…