In Praise of Folly

I’ve been meaning to watch Ruby Sparks for some time now. It was languishing in my Netflix cue for a year or so when it finally arrived in ...

When Arsenal lost to Aston Villa in the opening fixture of the new season, few could have foretold what would follow. Not only have they no...

Maybe it’s because I’m from New Jersey and have grown weary of the stereotypical Jersey boys and girls sold to America in mobster TV and mo...

A budget standoff, a threat by the GOP to shut down government unless they get their way and a President trying to find a reasonable compro...

The Center for Media and Democracy has launched a new website exposing outsourcing and privatization efforts by corporations: Source Watch ...

Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R) is not a popular figure at the moment, at least among the media and his Republican colleagues. And yet his lates...

Bad news for democracy can often be good news for the market, in this case the housing market. How in the world are those two related? Well...

A Seinfeld episode several years ago called The Opposite featured George deciding that he should do the exact opposite of what he normally ...

Upon becoming newly single, aka divorced, several years ago – and waiting four months before moving across country to be with my new girlfr...

Whew, some good news for a change ...

Shall I compare thee to a tuna fish? Though art more lovely and smell better too Thou tastes more sweet; unless I’m hungry In which ...

Arsenal went into Sunderland expecting a win and left with one after a much harder contest than many expected. The Gunners started early, w...