Airline passengers gain new rights today

No wonder I’m a big fat pig: I just discovered that the Outback Steak House cheese fries — which I love and typically get, oh, once every other month — contain 2,900 calories and 182 grams of fat. Oh  [more...]

I bemoaned the loss of Bob Edwards when he was forced out of NPR's Morning Edition; now, a few years later, I am bemoaning the loss of Morning Edition itself.

The writer's strike has certainly changed the face of television by throwing the new policies of the networks into sharp relief -- the lack of reruns in the last few years has had some side effects that I'm not sure  [more...]