If there are three things that militaries worldwide love to do, it’s spend huge amounts of money, kill people for no good reason, and tell the civilian leadership to shut up and mind its own business. But if there are four things that militaries worldwide love to do, the next one is …
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On July 12 of 1990, an hour-long comedy-drama created by Josh Brand and John Falsey debuted on CBS. Entitled Northern Exposure, it followed the humorous fish-out-of-water encounters with rural Alaskan culture of New York doctor Joel Fleischmann, as portrayed by Rob Morrow at the beginning and the end of a promising …
Blame is a tricky thing in politics. For one thing, you have to be particularly careful about the entire notion of blame — for blame, after all, implies agency and power, which can easily backfire. People who say that the current administration is responsible for all the woes of the …
I am not the first, and may not even be the one millionth, person to point out that a lot of voters approach politics as something about halfway between a sports fandom and a religion. In every election, there are massive numbers of people who treat the process not as …
Of all my many musical obsessions, the one I have the most trouble explaining — let alone defending — is my love for unadulterated field recordings. That’s probably because they’re not music at all, in the traditional sense; they are not composed, they are not performed, they are not even …
I was adopted when I was two days old. I never met my birth parents, and my adoptive family is the only one I have ever known. But I know a few things about the couple who conceived and bore me: my mother was a white American, who married quite …
Continuing my wiseass commentary in conjunction with Calamity Jon’s OHOTMU Redux project, which you should be following like it was your dad and you wanted to buy a Slurpee: SUPREME INTELLIGENCE. The Kree were just as crazy-mad for adding superlatives to everything as were their enemies the Skrull. The leader …
(Fade in to Harriet’s upstairs apartment. There are boxes piled up everywhere, and the place has that freshly-moved-into look. Pan across the wreckage to the sound of scrubbing and foul-tongued mutterings under the breath. We see Harriet Kostaki squatting on her living room carpet, which appears to be matted with …
“When we refer to a subject, place or person in the phrase ‘the question of’, we imply a number of different things. For example, one concludes a survey of current affairs by saying, ‘And now I come to the question of X.’ The point here is that X is a …
My home base of San Antonio, like many overgrown frontier towns where the remnants of bloody old colonial powers contend with the ascent of new money and power, is insane. But because it is rarely the spectacular craziness of the big cities, its public entities communicate the most recent ripples …
FAILED FAST FOOD FRANCHISES 1. Kimchee Korner 2. International House of Seaweed 3. Everything Fish Paste! 4. Ohara’s Sun-Baked Sushi 5. Clamato Hut FORGOTTEN BASEBALL MILESTONES 1. Ray Cotton: first fan to choke to death on a pretzel (May 11, 1924) 2. Jack “Spats” Hollander: first player to miss a …
“Die Sterne im Nacht sind groß und hell!” KLATSCH KLATSCH KLATSCH KLATSCH “Tief im Herzen von Texas!” KLATSCH KLATSCH KLATSCH KLATSCH “Vier hoch und breit, Prärie Himmel!” KLATSCH KLATSCH KLATSCH KLATSCH “Tief im Herzen von Texas! Der Salbeiblum ist wie Parfüm!“ KLATSCH KLATSCH KLATSCH KLATSCH “Erinnert mich auf Heidi Klum!” …
MON-EL’S BIGGEST COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM HE SPENT IN THE PHANTOM ZONE 1. No cable 2. General Zod wouldn’t stop telling that one story about how he first decided to become an astronaut 3. “Friday Night Fish Surprise” was just Mrs. Pal-El’s fish sticks with ranch dressing 4. Nam-Ek smelled …
ATHLETIC, EXCITING SWM, fit, 5’10”, professional, intelligent, caring, well off, 35 and full of love. Seeking attractive SF 25-40 who likes sophisticated fun and active entertainment. Likes: hiking, running, road trips, quiet dinners, Scotch tastings, new nightclubs, spontaneity, romantic cruises. Dislikes: hot weather, getting up early, taxes, cheap beer, getting …
