Douglas Ernst

Did you hear the one about the socialist who just took control of the wheel of France? Instead of tapping on the breaks and straightening out as the cliff approached, he announced plans to floor it and spin the vehicle as hard to the left as possible. Apparently, Francois Hollande’s plan to save France is to [...]

If someone said to you years ago that Marvel Comics was going to methodically lay out a series of movies, building an audience of a core group of characters that would culminate in one big insane summer tent pole film called The Avengers, you would not have believed it. Yet, as of May 4th, 2012 [...]

Anyone who grew up playing video games as a kid needs to watch the video ‘Go right.’ It’s amazing. Even a lot of people who don’t like video games, don’t care for them, and wish they didn’t exist will get it. Long story short, in most side-scrolling video games you spend a lot of your [...]

Note to self: If you want to stir up a bees nest of angry feminists, postulating on the psychological profile of a Planned Parenthood advocate (using public statements readily available to anyone with Internet access), is the way to go. Like the life of the honey badger, future conflict is inevitable. The drones of any [...]

Reblogged from Mastersen's Musings: I love this photograph for so many reasons: Washington — Susan Clark of Santa Monica, who opposes the health care legislation now before the Supreme Court, stands with a red hand painted over her mouth to represent what she said is socialism taking away her choices and rights in front of [...]

From time to time all writers must deal with friends, family or acquaintances who look down on their craft. Perhaps the most annoying aspect of being a writer isn’t writer’s block, but the know-it-all non-writer who thinks they can churn out interesting content on a regular basis without the slightest bit of effort. Let me [...]

If you’ve known anyone who’s been into video games for the past five years you’ve at least heard of the BioShock series, first person shooters that have done extremely well. Besides being critically acclaimed, the original game has plenty of Ayn Rand fans talking. BioShock Infinite, which comes out October 16th, 2012, looks like it [...]

Italian designers have come out with unisex pantyhose for men, and they’re apparently catching on. In fact, they’re selling so well that British papers have picked up on the trend and it’s been adopted by our more “enlightened” Americans before I ever had a chance to mock it. Alas: The designer believes his male clients [...]

I’m going to break ranks and talk about the latest viral video, Super Saiyans are real. If you haven’t seen it, all you need to know is that a young man who’s been a fan of Dragon Ball Z cartoons makes a video. Long story short, he wants to be like the main hero, who [...]

Basketball kid from Harvard has a tough time landing a gig in the NBA. Spends time on his brother’s couch. He gets the call on the biggest stage in the world, New York City, and has a string of games that’s made for a Hollywood movie. Feel good story of the week, right? Wrong. Not [...]