Glenn Rabney

This post was originally published at smerconish.com For anyone who is obsessed by politics, whether they lean left, right or straight down the middle wondering what’s wrong with those people on the left and the right, there is an underlying belief that every movie, every television show, pretty much anything anyone says or does must be inherently based upon some political goal or bias. Nowhere is that more apparent than when it comes to the media, or as the right likes to c

In an attempt to fill a few hours on a Sunday and distract myself from the current GOP endeavor to enrich the rich and punish the rest, especial those who dare to live in blue states with strong economies, I found myself wandering about The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library with my family. Let me say up front, that I wasn’t a big fan of Reagan, as I believe many of his actions as President have led directly to what we have today, a malicious administration attempting to und

Yeah, I know, but first hear me out. As a comedy writer, making fun of Donald Trump would seem to be the go to move, and believe me, for a while I was right there. The problem was that so was everyone else. I’d get on stage and say, “Donald Trump is our president” and before I could offer the joke I’d worked hard to craft, the audience would already be laughing, not in anticipation of my quip but because they were all making up their own comedic contributions. Between his