Scott Bradford: Off on a Tangent

28/06/2025

This is all I have to say: Fair use/parody. Don’t sue. Don’t make false copyright claims. Don’t be a jerk.

18/06/2025

Endorsement Statistics, 2004-2024

I started making formal political endorsements on this website in 2004, just four years after I turned eighteen and gained the right to vote. In the twenty years since, I have evaluated 267 candidates for 113 offices at the federal, state, and local levels (an average of 2.36 candidates-per-office)....

15/06/2025

Ugliest Cars of the 2025 Model Year

It’s 2025, and there are still ugly cars! The list from last year has not undergone any drastic changes. None of those models were discontinued, and only one—the Nissan Kicks—underwent a major redesign . . . which made it uglier. There is one newcomer that makes an impressive high (or low) ...

01/06/2025

BREAKING: Coup Underway at Magic Kingdom

A pro-democracy protest at Disney’s Magic Kingdom escalated into an apparent coup-de-tat Saturday afternoon. The protest against King Iger, which had been organized on social media by the Disney Freedom Front, began around 10:00 a.m. at the north end of Main Street and soon moved into the King’s...

26/05/2025

Gamera Gymnastics (Extended Version)

Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) is a cinematic masterpiece. Don’t pay any attention to the Godzilla partisans; Gamera is the king of the kaiju, and always will be. This is an alternate, extended cut of Gamera’s gymnastics scene. Fair use/parody. Don’t sue. Don’t make false copyright claims. Don’t...

08/05/2025

Live Cardinal Electors Choose New Pope

The cardinal electors in conclave at the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel elected the 267th supreme pontiff on the 4th or 5th ballot. The successful election was announced with the traditional white smoke from the chapel’s chimney and the ringing of celebratory bells in Saint Peter’s Square. Visit Off...

08/05/2025

Virginia Major Party Primaries, 2025

Virginia’s major party primary elections will be held on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Off on a Tangent makes recommendations to primary voters in state- and federal-level races in Virginia and local elections in Loudoun County whenever nominees will be chosen through a contested public primary. Politi...

07/05/2025

South Riding Board of Directors, 2025

The South Riding Proprietary is a homeowners’ association (HOA) that acts as a de facto local government for the South Riding community in Loudoun County, Virginia. At the proprietary’s annual meeting on May 20, 2025, two of the seven seats on the Board of Directors are up for election. Members ...

26/04/2025

Microsoft Word: A Lament

After a recent update to Microsoft Word, a window popped up to tell me about the Copilot “AI” feature. Of course, Copilot is not an artificial intelligence . . . it’s a large-language model text generator. These novelty chat-bots have their place, but they are not intelligent. They are clev...

21/04/2025

Pope Francis Dead at 88

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, has died. He was eighty-eight years old.

01/04/2025

Optical Equity Initiative

I’m pleased to announce that Off on a Tangent will be participating in an important new program: the Optical Equity Initiative. About sixty percent of Americans are forced to wear glasses or contacts. This is a troubling example of deeply ingrained ideas of optonormity. By medicalizing people with...

12/03/2025

The modern conflict between Russia and Ukraine started in February 2014 with the Russian annexation of Crimea and the Ukrainian civil war in the Donbas region—the oblasts (provinces) of Donetsk and Luhansk. It developed into a full-blown war when Russia invaded Ukraine, including areas far beyond ...