ABC's Castle wrapped up March sweeps with a two-parter episode to lure viewers in, perhaps with the goal of combating a ratings slip. It seemed to work; 8.99 million viewers tuned in for 'Setup' and...
I was talking to someone yesterday, a state government worker somewhere in the United States (I’ll be vague for confidentiality’s sake), and she mentioned that prisoners had recently taken over...
“I want to see another President before I die”. The free-hand graffiti on the wall of a well-revered bar in downtown Cairo reads quite frankly. From day one of the Egyptian Revolution, the...
This year, revolution is in the air. It is on the streets of Tunis and Cairo, in Tripoli, Athens and Madison. It is in hearts and minds, on the airwaves and TV channels, on the page, online and...
Once Mubarak’s regime fell, and the celebrations in Tahrir Square subsided as Egyptians began to use Twitter to organize city cleanings rather than overthrow their dictator, the inevitable question...
Hold on to your hats on 3 April, because the Borgias are coming to prime time. Showtime announces that 'The Borgias will be a complex, unvarnished portrait of one of history’s most intriguing and...
Over the last 6 months, the epitaphs for the multicultural project have been steadily growing. On Febuary 5th, as 3000 fascists marched through Luton chanting anti-Islam slogans, Prime Minster...
Even here in my corner of the world—a little spot in the Southeastern region of the United States—everyone seems a little different today. A little bit kinder, maybe. A little bit more patient,...
Glee is back on the airwaves this week with a double whammy of episodes, after an all-too-short hiatus. The musical hit, and its spin off merchandise, appears to be taking the world by storm, judging...
HR3, the latest attack on Roe v. Wade from an increasingly hostile Congress, has gotten an incredible amount of attention in the past week. It is called the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion...
