And yet, I’m easily cheered up

Tonight while watching “Judging Amy,” there was a scene where two doctors were walking down a run-down city street. As they were walking, I could have sworn that the brick looked familiar… then they  [more...]

In a fluff piece about reporters covering a possible Iraq war, WRC-TV (Washington’s NBC O&O) showed how journalists are equipped: sleeping bags, tents, water, wet wipes… and an Apple PowerBook. The NBC  [more...]

The former dictator Idi Amin has died in a Saudi Arabian hospital. Here is a man who killed up to 400,000 people, plunged Uganda into chaos, and “disgusted the entire civilized world.” And yet, I chuckle  [more...]