By all rights it will rank as one of TV news’ singular moments — along with Edward R. Murrow tongue-whipping Joe McCarthy, and with Walter Cronkite turning against the Vietnam war. It was the night a Fox News anchor told Karl Rove to get over himself — in so many words. Election Night…
It’s lonely, my friends. Lonely, once again, to arise in this chamber of information ad infinitum to speak the truth, about sweet potatoes. And speak I will. This time of year, when the topic is most current and the marshmallow cream most lavish, I send my message to the masses. It concerns…
It’s so rare to see a movie, a true box-office smash, so relevant, so timely, that we can literally see life mimicking art outside the multiplex. Such is the timeliness of "Lincoln." How could Steven Spielberg have known that when his Civil War biopic came out, talk of secession would…
The new speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives is gay. So are five of his colleagues, all Democrats. Once closeted, marginalized and demonized, all are “in” by virtue of a progressive wave that now has the whole of Colorado governance in Democrats’ hands. Out? Former House Speaker Frank McNulty.…
Here’s a saying to savor in the silence of a post-election morn, when the robins sing, doves coo, and commercial breaks once again are back to glorious things like erectile deficits: The early bird (voter) gets the worm. Make that the White House. Another aphorism from 2012: A robocall gathers no votes.…