Ken 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...
R. v. The Doobie BrethrenHow drug laws have forced the courts to distinguish between ’real’ religions and ’fake’ ones
When Will the Age of Internet Entertainment Arrive?Not with soap operas, at least, not yet. It seemed logical that soaps, which have adjusted to every major change in...
Daily Show Segments PastWhen Sarah Vowell made her debut as a Daily Show contributor last week (she’d been on before as a guest), I had an odd reaction: I...
The Warm-Up GuyI’m a longtime, confessed and incurable WKRP in Cincinnati fan, so finding this gag reel on YouTube made me quite happy. It’s...
My list of the worst toys for ChristmasHow about baby’s first reciprocating saw, or Justin Bieber’s l’il paternity kit?
Musharraf must have known where Osama bin Laden was hiding: MP Chris AlexanderFormer Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf surely knew that Osama bin Laden was hiding in a compound a short walk from a...