Ralph E. Shaffer: Giving only their first names, and with the camera focused on them from the neck down to protect their privacy, each of the shaken women described, in quavering voices, what Farrow had done to them years ago.
Laughin’ to Keep From Cryin’: Lewis Black Coming to Dry the Tears at a Venue Near You
Jaime O’Neill: Lewis Black was freaking out before freaking out became the norm. He’s the living embodiment of exasperation, the personification of what a sane person looks like when driven ’round the bend by the madness we all live with.
Mississippi Moving Capital from Jackson to Memphis
H. Scott Prosterman: Anyone who has read Faulkner or Tennessee Williams knows that Memphis has ALWAYS been the cultural and spiritual capital of the Magnolia State, so let’s go ahead and make it official.
Senators Embedded Within a Brain Fog
Walter Brasch: “Have you now or have you ever led anything and did you ever have any opinions?” asked the committee chair, Sen. Porkbelly Pineapple.
If All Else Succeeds, Be Late for Your Own Funeral
Michael Sigman: Nowadays, you can’t watch cable news for 10 minutes without hearing a talking head hold forth with a “having said that,” a “game changer” a “double down” or a “walk back.”
A Father’s Day Barbeque—Washington-Style
Walter Brasch: It’s Father’s Day, and that means the Great White Republican Hierarchy in Washington smells burnt charcoal and is ready to barbeque some Democrats.
NRA Enemies List: With Enemies Like These, Who Needs Guns?
he NRA enemies list posted here has become a hot media topic as the organization and its executive director Wayne LaPierre leap from self-parody into the realm of the truly demented. The right-wing Murdoch-owned New York Post called LaPierre a “loon” on its front page after one of his rants; the centrist Daily News went with “The Craziest Man On Earth”; and […]
Do the Laws of Robotics Apply to Meatspace Avatars?
Rev. Square: For readers not already acquainted with them, the Laws of Robotics are a 20th century fabulist’s attempt to formulate a logically consistent, morally adequate, and reasonably enduring moral code for imaginary, yet-to-be-inventable robots.
Mitt and Paul’s Ponzi Pizza Recipe
Jerry Drucker: Mitt apparently now wishes to HARVEST THE UNITED STATES, as he would for a food crop. So in the spirit of Romney’s interests in cooked books, here are some recipes:
Bain Capital Meets Frankenstorm: It’s An Ill Wind That Blows No Good
Rich Broderick: In the wake of megastorm Sandy, Bain Capital, which was co-founded by Mitt Romney and where he served as CEO until he resigned in 1999 but didn’t actually resign until 2002 when he really meant it, is planning to make a leveraged buyout of the entire Northeast.
Etch-a-Sketch Mitt: Romney Campaign Faces Possible Lawsuit
Rick Broderick: In the case of Mitt Romney, we believe that the candidate has gone a bridge too far in appropriating the Bob Dobbs personality and stylistic attributes,
