Everything Gets DatedI’ve been thinking about Matt Zoller Seitz’s piece on cultural references from The Simpsons , and whether pop-culture jokes doom a...
HBO Wants To Make Blogs ExplodeHere’s what we have to look forward to, probably next year : Though Moore isn’t great at doing convincing accents (and it’s hard...
Julie Taymor: The Charlie Sheen Of BroadwayI know stories about the Spider-Man musical have worn out their welcome even more than Charlie Sheen stories; at least we can see...
Cringing, while waiting for my fantasy loverBest Actor Colin Firth didn’t disappoint. He gave an amusing, literate acceptance speech.
Surprise random mailbagLots going on in the world. Libya. Wisconsin. Plus my dog has decided that Nerf gun darts constitute a canine food group. Queries?...
Snoopy Snoopy Poop DogAlan Simpson, the former Republican Senator from Wyoming whom President Obama chose to co-chair a deficit commission, was probably...
Connect2Canada interviews meTurning the tables on this reporter, Connect2Canada has interviewed me about how I came to cover Washington for Maclean’s and to...
Charlie Sheen: Boring and FiredWell, that other shoe has dropped and dropped hard: Warner Brothers just announced that it has terminated Charlie Sheen’s contract...
British imam threatened with death for saying Islam is compatible with theory of evolutionUsama Hasan is an exceptionally brave and good man. That he has been subjected to this kind of bullying is upsetting. I’ve written...
Should We Watch TV Shows From the Beginning?That’s an question that I’ve heard more often lately (though it’s been around for a while; I wrote another post addressing the...