Author Archives: Shawn Crawford

A Darker Shade of Rant

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“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”—Seneca   The Rantosphere has been abuzz with the notion that The Rant might have grown a wee bit too dark of late. We don’t know what you’re talking about. Just because … Continued

Rant for the Nobodies

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The Rant would posit a simple understanding of a country’s general well-being: How easy/difficult is it to be a Nobody? Let’s define a Nobody as a person that wields little power outside their family and social circle, has little access … Continued

Department of Rant

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The Rant is excited to announce that we have been named the head of the Department of Unwinding Craptacular Hopeless Elites, or DOUCHE. Who knew that concentrating all wealth and power in the hands of emotionally stunted, egomaniacal, raging white … Continued

Wicked Good

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The philosopher Michel Foucault once wrote: “the body becomes a useful force only if it is a productive body and a subjected body.” Foucault was describing society in economic and political terms, but he might as well been describing my … Continued

RantTok

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The Rant has always found America’s belief that a simple gesture, normally tinged with hysteria, can solve its systemic problems as oddly amusing. We offer up the current iteration: The fate of TikTok. Let’s review: The TikTok is a video … Continued

The Rant Keeps Turning

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The Rant has only one New Year’s resolution: avoid the Norovirus at all costs. Once the province of cruise ships, (Come for the buffet, stay for the vomiting! Would you like a side of seasickness with that? Enjoy), the Norovirus … Continued

Merry Rantmas to All

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“Of all the Charlie Browns in the world, you’re the Charlie Browniest.”—A Charlie Brown Christmas The Rant understands. You’re out there trying to maintain that holiday cheer while haunted by the never-ending doubt that you missed an online coupon that … Continued

Omnibus Rant

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The Rant ponders the following: I. Are the hosts/judges/widespread panic panelists of The Masked Singer given a drug that renders them ignorant of how the show works each week? Because unless Donnie Wahlberg is the greatest acting coach since Stanislavski, … Continued

Happy Rants Are Here Again

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The Rant would point out that the key word in the phrase “Take America Back” is the last word. American culture has always suffered from a crippling nostalgia that began almost simultaneously with wresting the resources and land of the … Continued