Glory days, courtesy of Rabbit and the BossIs there a more distinctively American expression of the pitiable state of a man not quite confronting mortality than nostalgia...
Eliza Dushku, TV Star or Geek Girl God?I watched the first episode of Dollhouse -- not the first first episode, the second first episode, which will be the first episode...
Dept. of improbably hip newsmagazine headlinesEconomist profile of new RNC chairman . Where the Economist headline comes from .
A Running Diary of the Super Bowl Pre-Game Show For Some ReasonI’m not going to be liveblogging today’s Super Bowl for beer-based reasons, but I will be keeping a...
If you’re going to get jailed abroad, it helps to be whiteThis story , about Canadians who are jailed in Haiti and ignored by Canadian politicians, is in the current print issue of...
Caption Challenge: Special “If I lose my job as PM I’m a shoo-in for the Rockettes” EditionThere are times when I make the decision to hold a Caption Challenge. And then there are times when the decision is made for me...
That speech is so money... Washington baby, Washington!Barack Obama’s chief speechwriter, Jon Favreau, the man who helped craft the new President’s memorable inaugural address, has...
Weekend Flop Viewing: ANGIEHere’s a show that’s fairly well-known and well-remembered for something that only ran a season and a half. If you’ve never seen...
Random Thoughts On Upcoming Episodes I Haven’t Seen YetWhat comes to mind while browsing next week’s TV listings
Thank You, Oprah (Three Words I Never Thought I’d Say)After Oprah Winfrey held a Mary Tyler Moore Show reunion last year and gave her audience copies of the four seasons that had been...