In Print
- 18.Aug
- Upcoming…
- 06.Aug
- Piranha 2D!
- 22.Jul
- A recent project.
- 07.Jul
- Do Sunday ‘blue laws’ make sense?
One of the last ‘blue laws’ in Arizona has been repealed, making this Sunday the first during which someone in the state may buy alcoholic drinks before ten in the morning.
A ‘blue law’ is a law designed to enforce moral standards. Typically blue laws involve what people may do on Sundays, the day Christians call [...]- 24.Jun
- He’s back! Ted Haggard to start new church
Ted Haggard is back. You remember him, right? The former influential evangelical church leader who was discovered to have a gay-sex-with-male-prostitute-and-possible-love-for-methamphetamine habit on the side and is today insisting he’s entirely heterosexual? I’ve written him an open letter. *Clears throat.*
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Dear Ted,
You’re gay, dude. Own it!
Heterosexual men do not desire sexual intercourse with other men. In [...]
On Radio
- 25.Aug
- Wolf-whistling isn’t harassment!
I don’t wolf-whistle at women passing on the street. But if I did it, it wouldn’t be harassment! That’s what is alleged by LASH, the London Anti-Street Harassment Campaign, whose representative says wolf-whistling is harassment against women. (See this article for a critique of that idea.) This is a brief spot I did today on [...]
- 28.Apr
- Boobquake: my chat with Jen McCreight
What are the seismic effects of 200,000 women dressing immodestly all on the same day?
After an Iranian cleric proclaimed that women who dress immodestly causes earthquakes, Jen McCreight this week created an internet sensation by testing his claim with Boobquake, which tests exactly that.
I spoke with Jen during Boobquake on my afternoon radio show, joining [...]- 09.Apr
- Congressman fears Guam may capsize
Last week, at a hearing of the United States House Armed Services Committee, Congressman Hank Johnson expresses his fear that the island of Guam may “tip over and capsize” if we send any more Marines to the island. In this clip, I have some fun at his expense. Listen below.
BIO
John Wright can be heard daily on 1380am, broadcasting along the California/Arizona state line in the United States. This website brings together pieces of audio from John’s radio show, Twitter feed and various articles written since 2003 relating to libertarianism, politics, culture, ethics, religion, music, general philosophy, science, technology and movies. [Read more...]
