A lot of interesting messages this morning in response to my wondering about a conservative host who has civil conversations on his or her program. A couple of folks mentioned Joe Scarborough. One suggested John Stossel. A few said that while it isn't moderated by anyone as conservative as Jon Stewart is liberal, there are […]
It would be so much easier to walk around a comic convention if cellphones couldn't take photos in aisles. # […]
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A fellow came up to me yesterday at WonderCon and we had a nice, friendly conversation about political topics that have wafted through this blog. The guy is one of those Republicans who doesn't want the "Obama Agenda" (his term) but also doesn't want any of the particular men who are in contention for the […]
Zero Mostel in perhaps his greatest role — as an airplane… […]
Despite rainy weather and traffic so bad that at least a few folks turned back and went home, WonderCon was packed today. Folks kept asking me, "Does this mean they won't go back to San Francisco?" I have no idea. The math on an event like this can be complicated and impossible to discern from […]
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Joe Conason asks a darn good question: What are we doing in Afghanistan? […]
Frank Rich has some thoughts about current events including a reason why Rick Santorum might be a stronger candidate than Mitt Romney. […]
If you're at WonderCon tomorrow, know that at 11:30 AM in Room 211, I'll be interviewing Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, the most successful writing, creating, and producing team in Saturday morning television. Among the shows they brought you were Scooby-Doo, Wacky Racers, Jabberjaw, Dynomutt, Thundarr the Barbarian, Plastic Man and more than I can […]
The other day, we showed you an 8+ minute video of the title song from the current Broadway revival of Anything Goes which then starred Sutton Foster. Here's a brief version of the costumed version on a morning TV show… […]
Michael Kinsley discusses the dirtiness of the current election. I agree with him that it'll have to go some to beat what George Bush (the first one) did to Michael Dukakis. Alas, it probably will go some…but happily, I don't think it'll have the same result. […]
No matter what topic you ask Mitt Romney about, he's friends with the owners. # Watching a lot of election coverage. I thought I heard someone mention Ron Paul this morning but I was probably mistaken. # […]
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Ronald Bailey on Newt Gingrich's promise to lower gas prices to $2.50. Does anyone believe that can happen? Anyone? […]