The Roland Emmerich of the ’20sThe release of Anonymous brings to mind this passage from P.G. Wodehouse’s 1928 story "The Reverent Wooing of Archibald." The...
What Brazil knows that we don’tOther countries are doing serious work to attract international students, but not us
A short public service messageIt’s the damnedest thing: when I visit the website of discount store Winners, I find nothing in its “ In the News ” section or...
What Will We Do When We Can’t Laugh at NBC?The annual story of the U.S. TV season is that NBC doesn’t seem to know what it’s doing; this season’s troubles have been...
Herman, His HeroYou’ve probably seen the Herman Cain ad already - it made the rounds earlier this week and was spoofed on Colbert last night - but...
Is the Automated Future Finally Here?People have been talking for decades about a future where machines are able to do most of the work that humans did. Now two...
No Political Parties On TeeveeIt’s a bit early to tell about how good a series Boss will be, though we can confidently say that Kelsey Grammer is an excellent...
Death Leads to Sitcom RediscoveryAfter Gaddafi died, everyone started circulating this clip from the 1987 flop sitcom Second Chance , where Gaddafi dies in 2011...