Brian Normoyle is a writer and actor based in Los Angeles, California. He has small-town Midwestern and Texan roots and he attended public schools for his primary education; but he also lived briefly in Europe and received a private collegiate and post-graduate education, so--depending on who's talking--he's either an average, middle-class "real" American or a socialist-sympathizing liberal elitist. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from Southern Methodist University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Southwestern University. His writing has been featured on realclearpolitics.com, OpEdNews and the nationally syndicated Randi Rhodes radio show. As an actor he has appeared at the International Classical Acting Company, Shakespeare Festival of Ft. Worth, Austin FronteraFest and in four seasons at the Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespearean Festival, as well as several independent films.

Blog Entries by Brian Normoyle

'Vote No on Everything' Urges Changes to California Proposition System

2 Comments | Posted May 26, 2009 | 06:04 AM (EST)


In the special election held last week in California, five ballot initiatives designed to temporarily fix the state's crippling budget crisis failed by an overwhelming 2:1 margin. The voters of California sent yet another unequivocal message to Sacramento that they want their leaders and legislators to do the jobs they...

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Gathering Storm: Miss California Trying to Redefine Traditional Breasts for the Rest of Us

820 Comments | Posted May 2, 2009 | 07:29 AM (EST)


Miss California Carrie Prejean ostensibly lost the coveted first prize of the Miss USA Pageant due to an honest, but clumsily delivered, response to a question about same-sex marriage equality. Thanks, however, to the juvenile grandstanding and self-aggrandizing douchebaggery of Perez Hilton, she earned a seemingly more lustrous and lucrative...

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Coleman Should Concede to Victorious Senator Franken

Posted January 3, 2009 | 11:34 PM (EST)


On the morning after the November 2008 election in Minnesota, incumbent Senator Norm Coleman prematurely declared victory in his long, hard-fought reelection bid against opponent Al Franken.

After stressing on national television the importance of a "healing process" and the costliness of a recount, the Republican tried...

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Prop 8 Makes Wrong Kind of History

Posted November 11, 2008 | 12:49 AM (EST)


True or False:

1) We should eliminate civil rights through popular vote, as long as a very narrow majority of voters agree.
2) Special interests and citizens from other states should be allowed to fund political campaigns that affect your rights in your state.

If you answered "true" to...

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Bob Novak Just Doesn't Get It

Posted November 6, 2008 | 01:05 PM (EST)


In the Wednesday edition of the Chicago Sun-Times, conservative columnist Robert Novak claimed Barack Obama's historical election last night was not "a broad mandate from the public" and the ensuing Democratic wave did little to change the political alignment in congress. Given recent history and the evidence of a...

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Liberal Media to Blame? Not This Time: Apostate Conservatives Nail Coffin Shut

Posted October 30, 2008 | 07:47 PM (EST)


Nearly two years of presidential politics are finally coming to an end and it appears John McCain--out of "gimmicks du jour"--has decided to spend much of the final stretch blaming his failing bid on the Republicans' favorite whipping post: the media.

The campaign this week accused the LA...

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