The Improvisation Question -- AgainThe Hollywood Reporter ’s roundtable discussion with television comedy performers (all men, which unfortunately may just be a...
Tomorrow’s GOP primaries: You can’t make this stuff up"In the olden days our grandparents, they would bring a chicken to the doctor, they would say I’ll paint your house"
AMC: Censorship Doesn’t Matter (Much)As Breaking Bad barrels toward the end of an excellent season -- my fear during the season premiere, that they were going...
Accurate But BoringChristopher Beam at Slate has written a deservedly-praised piece called "What if political scientists covered the news?" In it, he...
Poets do the best stand-upKaren Solie and Eiléan Ní Chuilleanái are winners of the 10th annual Griffin Prize
You, Sirs, are no Barack ObamaNo doubt the President’s declining approval ratings are going to hurt Democratic candidates in the mid-term elections this Fall --...
Why Israel has a friend in HarperWELLS: Canada has been silent on the debate over Israel’s raid of a Gaza-bound ship
How to read tomorrow’s rosy US jobs numbers...With an important caveat also known as the hiring of 400,000 temporary Census workers, notes Calculated Risk .
Conan at OneUpdate: I’m informed that Conan’s show will also be airing on the Comedy Network, so we’ll be able to see it earlier in the...