Matt Ralston's Blog

There’s an elephant in the room regarding these gun control protests. The protests are understandable and sensible, and if I was in high school right now I’d certainly participate. The demands seem very reasonable. The elephant in the room is that people only care about gun control when a large group of people get killed, ...

“I’m hearing more and more people say the level of violence on video games is really shaping young people’s thoughts. I look at some of the things he’s watching, and I say, how is that possible?”                               – Donald Trump on ...

There’s a lot of talk about privilege right now. Being a victim is becoming a privilege of sorts in America, which is the penultimate definition of irony. Think about the most famous victims that come to mind. Rose McGowan, a coddled well off white woman maybe, who got paid $800,000 to not talk about her ...

The idea that “corporations are people” goes back a long way in this country. In 1886 the Supreme Court ruled that a corporation’s money “was protected by the due process clause of the 14th Amendment.” That was the amendment that abolished slavery. If you’re failing to see the connection that means you’re a reasonable person, ...

A few days ago Donald Trump snapped at a reporter who was asking him a routine question about Syria. He started yelling over her as she was talking, repeating himself in an agitated fashion until his face turned even redder. It was not normal adult behavior and appeared almost menopausal, seemingly belying an issue much ...

“He had a longtime fear of being poisoned, one reason why he liked to eat at McDonald’s — nobody knew he was coming and the food was safely pre-made.” – Reporter Michael Wolff on Trump’s rationale for routinely eating McDonald’s There are many avenues to illustrate that Trump is an insecure dumb fuck and pathological ...

 I live in the city of West Hollywood. For the uninitiated it’s a city which features the Sunset Strip (three live music venues frequented solely by kinky grey hairs from Van Nuys), The Abbey and a few other notorious gay bars (actually really fun places to go), and a bunch of people who apparently make ...

It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for. State Bill 239 has been signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown, which no longer makes it a felony to knowingly expose someone to HIV. That is now a misdemeanor, the same category of crime reserved for DUIs, public intoxication, and disorderly conduct. If you’re someone ...

It has recently come to light, through interviews with people who work or have worked closely with Donald Trump, that they all consider him to be, as Rupert Murdoch put it, “a fucking idiot.” Excerpts of the book Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff have already been published in New York Magazine, and the book ...

I have noticed people on social media are now trolling other trolls. The goal is for them to be trolled back and then complain that someone was really mean to them. Perhaps they will take a screenshot of some troll’s rude comment to them, omitting the fact that they initially sought out a reaction, maybe by ...