A gent named Danny Cashman has been hosting a local late night talk show in Bangor, Maine for a long, long time. Even though The Nite Show with Danny Cashman has long been on opposite Saturday Night Live, it has often finished first in the ratings, at least in Eastern Maine. But all good things […]
A few days ago, Donald Trump abruptly fired the Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. Ms. Hayden was the first woman and the first African American to hold that position. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt accused Dr. Hayden of allowing "inappropriate books in the library for children." But Ms. Leavitt and other folks involved in […]
In honor of the day, here's a rerun of a post I did here on October 9, 2012 and reran here on May 14, 2017. It's the story of my mother's career as a TV star, which did not last long. A lot of careers as TV stars have lasted even less time than hers […]
My pal Gary Sassaman is back with another installment on his "Tales From the Spinner Rack," discussing the comic books he (and I) grew up on. This time, he covers the history of Wonder Woman with special emphasis on the long, long run of writer-editor Robert Kanigher and artists Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. I […]
The Trump organization has been arguing that the Venezuelan government is coordinating the migration of members of the Trenreport de Aragua gang to the U.S.; ergo it's a foreign invasion and certain laws and due process can be suspended. The Washington Post got hold of a secret government intelligence assessment that says this is not […]
Someone asked me the other day to name my favorite of all the zillions of video files I've linked to on this blog. I might change my mind tomorrow but when the question was put to me, this was the first one that came to mind… […]
New York Times obituary for Jack Katz. […]
Trump and his sycophants are claiming there's a different definition of "due process" for immigrants who they claim are here illegally even though the Constitution doesn't make any such distinction. Politifact and an awful lot of legal experts and constitutional scholars disagree. The A.A.A. says the lowest price they've found for a gallon of gas […]
I'm going to be kinda busy the next few days. There will be posts here but not as many as usual. I am not back in the hospital. I just have a lot of things to do. […]
I'm watching the coverage of the announcement of the new pope…the first American one, no less. I won't pretend I understand all the significance of this. I'm not sure I even understand why so many people are so happy about there being a new pope at all, regardless of his nationality. I mean, it's not […]
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick keeps making public statements that contradict each other or simply don't seem to be accurate. Glenn Kessler of The Washington Post lists a batch of them. […]
One of my favorite movies is Monty Python's Life of Brian. It's very funny…ah, but is it in any way accurate? This question is answered for us by classicist Honor Cargill-Martin, who is described as an "ancient historian" but she doesn't look that ancient to me. I actually found this video a lot more interesting […]
Here's another episode of The Jimmy Dean Show. This one's from November 7, 1963 and I call your attention to two segments. About eight minutes and twenty seconds in, there's a pretty funny spot with guest star Don Adams, who was then a rather new face on the comedy scene. His straight man is Pat […]
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is again saying things about vaccines that the overwhelming majority of actual doctors regard as nonsense. Fact-Check.org has one report here and another one here. Meanwhile, Trump claims to have "close to $9 trillion of investments" coming into this country, He also claims to have secured […]
The folks at The San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog are kicking off another season of webcasts previewing this year's Comic-Con International in San Diego. If you're reading this before 6:30 PM Pacific Time today (5/6/25), come back at 6:30 to watch them and their guests Gary Sassaman and me. If it's after 6:30 PDT, the […]