Jon Stewart…
…skewers the website launch:
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Dr. Who: what, where??
When I first saw the headline I thought for sure that this was a joke. Had to be, with a title like “The Time Hoard: Missing episodes of Doctor Who from 1960s found gathering dust in a cupboard in Nigeria.” … Continue reading →
Fashion commentary about the Emmys…
…from a very savvy and succinctly-spoken seven-year-old. I agree with almost everything the kid says. And I’ve never heard of most of the people pictured.
Continue reading →RIP Jean Stapleton
Jean Stapleton, best known for playing the role of the lovable Edith Bunker on “All in the Family,” has died at 90. She and Carroll O’Connor as Archie made the show. Stapleton managed to walk a fine line that conveyed … Continue reading →
Kudos, Jon Stewart
For this: The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook I’ve seen quite a few clips of Stewart lately that show some good sense and some moxie. I’ve always thought he … Continue reading →
Just because you’re paranoid…
…it doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you—at least once in a blue moon. That’s another frame liberals are using to deal with the multiple scandals that have suddenly broken simultaneously—especially the IRS overreach. This article is typical. The … Continue reading →
More on the Cleveland kidnappings: psychics
We still don’t know too many of the details about yesterday’s remarkable case in which three kidnapped girls, long thought dead, returned. But one thing I do know is that the timing of their escape is excellent—Mother’s Day is coming! … Continue reading →
This is good
I know, I know. You look down on “American Idol,” think it’s trash, yada yada yada. Well, sometimes I watch it for fun, along with other fluff du jour, despite the fact that I’m not ordinarily all that keen on … Continue reading →
More child heroes
I love these stories when they have happy endings: “I had him in my arms and still screaming over and over. Then I ran outside. I saw two boys playing across the street, and I yelled, ‘Go ask your parents … Continue reading →
Obama: don’t blame me for stopping the White House tours!
It was the other guy. Obama’s tendency to pass the buck was one of the very first things I ever noticed about him. It’s one of his strongest and deepest character traits, and one of his least attractive. But apparently, … Continue reading →
Cartoons and me
When I was nine or ten years old I was given an individual IQ test by a family friend who was getting her PhD in child psychology, and having to administer the test to a certain number of children was … Continue reading →
Please…
…read this. And then could someone tell me why Fox’s show “Red Eye” is on at 3 A.M. instead of prime time? And don’t tell me that the sort of problem described at the link is just a drop in … Continue reading →