Flight 93 did pretty good this weekend. Which doesn’t mean I’m going. Wild horses—
The Colbert Report may be the best show on television, but when 60 Minutes flacked the show last night it abandoned its responsibility and didn’t quiz Colbert about his politics. Morley Safer just chuckled along with Colbert from start to…
Last night I had a dream where I had to get out of this school or office by 6:45 because we had good information it was going to get hit with a “tactical’ nuclear bomb. We got out, then I…
I saw the movie Syriana last night. Here are four good things about it: It is a serious effort to examine the roots of the clash between the west and the Middle East. Director Stephen Gaghan did a fine job…
I’m not going. Are you? I can’t believe anyone who’s not a family member will go to this movie. I guess I understand why it’s important to them: they’re still coming to grips with a loved one’s death, maybe haven’t…
George Bush didn’t look comfortable at his press conference today. He kept getting a nervous smile, he kept making awkward jokes. Like, he told the ballsy David Gregory of NBC that he wouldn’t offer him a job at the White…
If you want to know the facts about the Harvard plagiarism scandal, don’t go to the Times’ lame and protective coverage. The Harvard Crimson has thrashed the Times and all others on the Kaavya Viswanathan story. Today the Times failed…
Last night at my friend Dave’s I watched the Fox hit Prison Break and was stunned to find out that there were no black guys in the prison. Well a couple maybe. In order to glamorize its grim setting and…
I’m tired of the endless bellyaching about gas prices on the network news. I know, $4 gas hurts the economy and keeps obese families from taking SUV vacations to the shore. Now think of the upside: It puts some kind…