Saturday, September 30, 2017

Matt


A pitcher straight from the heart. Grant Brisbee with a tribute.

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Find the Way

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

In the Company of Men


One was the Prince of Darkness; the other, a Prince. Yet both were giants who defined their worlds, and they recall us to a time when the country believed in the connection between action and consequence, not only in the political realm, but in the private as well.

57 years ago tonight: Kennedy/Nixon Debates, Round One.

Monday, September 25, 2017

Please Make It Stop

I guess it isn't enough for Morgan Freeman that he's always been the Uncle Tom of movie actors. And it obviously isn't enough for Rob Reiner to be the worst movie director of the last 30 years, not counting Ron Howard.

Now this.

Sunday, September 17, 2017

Francis

Three Deaths


Jim DiEugenio on three murders that forever destroyed Third World nationalism.

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Hicks


The Mount Rushmore of modern American Comedy: Pryor, Steve Allen, Newhart.

Bill Hicks.

Sunday, September 10, 2017

Fraud


Not.

Monday, September 4, 2017

Scab Nation


Professor Richard Wolff on the Land of Disunion and a possible world beyond.

Friday, September 1, 2017

Crazy 8


To the blog!

And to Rob! (The Dick Van Dyke Show premiered 56 years ago this month.)