Here’s how not to cook a latke: Buy them from Russ & Daughters where the “homemade potato latkes” are $2.99 each, or 10 for…
by Abe Sauer
I was extremely intemperate yesterday on the matter of Michael Schudson, current Columbia J-School prof, and his contention that this age is a wonderful world of opportunity for journalists. So, a disclaimer: I’m sure that he is a…
I can’t recall the whole story, because I don’t have the issue with me, but there’s a story in the latest Private Eye about something that the Darlington, England, council did recently, I’m not precise on the details-God, this is like the worst blog post…
Sarah Palin: “Known as the Festival of Lights, Hanukkah commemorates the eight-day miracle that took place when the Temple in Jerusalem was rededicated. Though there was only enough consecrated oil for one day, the flame miraculously burned for eight — just long enough…
Today’s Post reports that “An officer conducting an inspection at a Bronx narcotics unit last week found a soft-core porn movie playing on one of the TVs in the facility, police sources said. The skin flick was playing on a satellite-TV premium channel. That violates an NYPD policy…
by Mark Bibbins, Editor
Today in The Poetry Section: two new poems by Jennifer Michael Hecht.
Response and social desirability biases have actually made this BBC discussion…
Today’s Times op-ed on menhaden and the insane Omega-3 fish oil industry is pretty amazing. The practitioner of mass overfishing of the algae-chugging fish called menhaden is Omega Protein, a 40-boat company out of Houston that fishes in…
You know, I read all the reviews of Art Basel Miami, and I didn’t link to any of them, because they bored me. Finally, late-breaking, here is an account of the art fair that I actually enjoyed reading! “It all began when some friends…
Not much to add to this one, because it seems pretty solid: Myths of the MTA’s most recent fiscal deficit.
“’Get ready to get sick of hearing about this band’: it would be difficult to think of a more apt motto for indie rock-or any niche culture, for that matter-in the age of the Internet.” -Bill Wasik, And Then There’s This.
Free Wi-Fi in McDonald’s starts next month! Soon the only exercise we will get will involve walking up to the counter for more fries! It’s been a productive few millennia, human beings, make sure you grab yourselves an apple pie on the way out.
After a 350-year history, the humble check will be phased out in the United Kingdom toward the end of 2018. Alternate plans for transferring money are currently under consideration, but the traditional British method of extracting cash-at knifepoint-is expected to remain in place.
No matter how exciting the idea might be (although, really, doesn’t anything Michael Moore fulminates against make you sort of, for a minute, root for it?), Connecticut voters cannot recall their miserable prick of a senator, Joe Lieberman. The best we can do is hope for some hysterical sex scandal that drives him from office.
“When you have a boyfriend, it’s much easier to find a boyfriend. It’s much easier to find a job when you have a job. You talk the talk. You’re more involved in that industry. You’re running into people in the building. You have the internal contacts with human resources. Your confidence level…
On the radio: Classical music is dying, smooth jazz is dying, talk radio is less popular than previously thought, and more dudes listen to soft rock than had previously been admitted. Pussies.
In another example of the sterling work done by the Italian security services, a “young Italian with a history of mental problems has been arrested after he tried to enter the hospital room of Silvio…
The excellent Regret The Error’s corrections of the year is up! If you’ve been paying attention to the Internet for the last couple of weeks you will have a pretty good idea of what takes top honors, but there’s a lot to enjoy here.
While he still faces the possibility of being censured, divorce-bound South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford will be able to hike into history without being impeached.
Blabby Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) referred to a female flight attendant as a “B-word” after she ordered him to turn off his cell phone prior to takeoff. Thank God she didn’t try to get in the middle of Chuck and a TV camera; she would have been upgraded to a “C.”
I cannot claim to have anything more than a cursory understanding of the political situation in Pakistan, but this strikes me as something to be concerned about: “Pakistan’s top court today struck down a controversial amnesty deal that has protected President Zardari and his allies from…
“A Brazilian toddler has up to 50 sewing needles inside him, which doctors suspect were deliberately inserted.”
