I almost forgot how the Pundit Right smacked down Glenn Beck over his wholly rational concern that out of Tahrir Square a new caliphate might arise in the Islamic world until I read William Kristol’s op-ed this week. Earlier this
Harvard historian Niall Ferguson schools MSNBC’s Mika on what has happened in Egypt and Obama’s incompetence. Just devastating. And this guy teaches at Harvard. [youtube V9sMo-LTdSc nolink]
With its 12 Oscar nominations, its stellar cast, and its glowing reviews, The King’s Speech sounded like a movie that would leave me…well, speechless. But when it comes to stuttering Englishmen I was, frankly, more moved by Roger Daltrey’s performance
In my town of Claremont, CA, the FBI just arrested a man for sending “threatening letters containing a powdery substance” to multiple government offices in Los Angeles County. Here‘s how the FBI describes it: Claremont Man Arrested for Sending Threatening
We, the American public, hold it as an article of faith that those responsible for devising and implementing public policy have our best interests at heart. Our best minds are hard at work, striving to make the world a better
I think Craig Ferguson is the funniest, smartest most innovative host on any of the big three networks today. To me he has clearly been the star of Late Night talk for a number of years. What those of you
NBC New York: Sarah Ferguson alluded to her influence-peddling scandal while appearing at a Manhattan book promotion. The Duchess of York quipped to an audience of book sellers on Wednesday: “As you all know, I really don’t like grownups. I
What the heck is it with Betty White? Her agent is logging a lot of overtime lately (all while shrieking ‘Honey, I Blew Up the Commission Check’). But who is writing her material – Andrew Dice Clay? Many parts of
Liberals love to perpetuate the stereotype that “liberal” judges rule in favor of minorities, the poor, and the little guy (Good Things), while “conservative” judges rule in favor of evil corporations, police departments, and white males (Bad Things). This parallels
Dragons transcend cultural bounds. The Greeks had hydras, depending on your Bible the Israelite prophet Daniel slew a dragon in Babylon, the Chinese zodiac features a dragon and Europe has its own tales including the Catholic story of Saint George.
The great pioneering director D.W. Griffith hired Rabbi Isadore Myers as the Jewish technical consultant on his great epic, Intolerance, 1916. Griffith was so happy with Rabbi Myer’s expert advice and attention to detail that he said to the good
What if a future President wants to go to war or ship more troops overseas to protect American interests, but can’t because China won’t let him? Could this actually happen? We’ll discuss the dangerous foreign policy ramifications of America’s current
So, how was Black Friday for you? For retailers, it was a time to go looking for small reasons for optimism, but the comparison to 2008 is essentially flat. How will the markets react, and what’s the deal with Dubai?
Hu Jintao and Barack Obama sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G. Is America becoming more like China under President Obama? Or should we be upset that it isn’t? We’ll talk about the President’s jarring diplomatic trip to Asia and how the
President Obama recently reiterated his plan to fix the regulation of Wall Street and said it was time to “put an end to the idea that some firms are too big to fail.” Amen. But the president doesn’t need a
Forty years after man first walked on the Moon, and every single talk show opened their first monologue of the week with jokes about it. Conan O’ Brien did a revisit to last week’s erased Moon tape bit, this week
Emmy nominations were announced last week, and David Letterman, Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and Saturday Night Live all got one. I believe Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Fallon are too new to be considered this year, making Craig Ferguson
It’s going to be a very sparse one this week, since Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert, and Jon Stewart were all on vacation. (Last week, everybody but Stewart and Colbert were on vacation so I didn’t watch.
While the President was pitching health care and the Speaker was rounding up support for Cap and Trade, the Late Nights were focused on Mark Sanford: a Republican governor that seemed like a comeuppance for Democrat Rod Blagojevich. In fact
After a week that will go down in history as the moment Republicans finally stood up for themselves, comics are not laying off John McCain’s former running mate just yet. Bill Maher said that Iran was propped up by oil
Although I rarely find any interest in the entertainment industry, I am very glad to see Conan O’Brien become the head of the “Tonight Show.” His ascension to the throne continues a tradition that Johnny Carson brought forth and Jay
April 29, 2009. 100 days. In case you were in a sensory deprivation tank, you probably know full well that Wednesday was the 100th day of the Obama Administration, and most of the news shows used it as an excuse
Over the weekend, I was pondering why the low budget, standard genre pic The Haunting in Connecticut (Lionsgate) has become a nifty little box office hit. The film added almost $9.5M over the weekend for a new 10-day cume of
It’s now been three weeks since my last update. In that time, we’ve learned the President cannot speak without a teleprompter and doesn’t even understand what he’s reading. He also did the diplomatic version of picking up a gift card
What a bountiful two weeks of comedy material we had. Our elegant man in the White House thought the capital of Canada was Iowa and proved that they don’t teach Industrial History at Harvard. There was also this photo… And
