NewsVillains: CBS has lost its SheenAs Two and a Half Men rolls on without him, Charlie treads the familiar path of a washed-up star and turns to cable tv
WorldSome Jews are more Jewish than othersThe Israeli government pulls a controversial ad campaign warning Israelis in the U.S. their Jewish identity is at risk
UncategorizedMore of Everything. More!Macleans.ca has posted my contribution to our End-of-the-year wishlists . I wrote a sort of lengthy top ten list of things I would...
TelevisionMy wish list: Jaime Weinman on TVMore workplace comedies, more politics, and more old people, please!
UncategorizedDept. of Foreign RemakesYou know how an easy way to get a laugh is to post a clip of a foreign remake of a familiar show, where the script is the same but...
BooksREVIEW: Dirty Whites and Dark Secrets: Sex and Race in Peyton PlaceBook by Sally Hirsh-Dickinson
GeneralREVIEW: A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians—from Mozarts to Modern Jazz and Everything in BetweenBook by Stuart Isacoff
UncategorizedKen Russell’s Elgar (and others)Director Ken Russell has died at the age of 84 . He was an original. And despite the excesses of his films (note: "excesses" is...
WorldAmerican idiotsHow did the campaign for the Republican 2012 presidential nomination turn into such a joke?