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Some items for your pre-weekend perusal:
- We’re sitting on the sidelines in Montreal, as Bill Clinton pointed out today. The administration’s response? This sort of stuff is great! Because they “are useful opportunities to hear a wide range of views on global climate change.”
This calls to mind a terrific article written by […]

You’re probably familiar with the Whos of Dr. Seuss. Little, tiny, architecturally-challenged humanoids, frequently sporting seemingly vestigial antennae. Their two major literary appearances, in “Horton Hears a Who” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” are somewhat problematic: They’re about the size of amoebae in “Horton,” with their whole world situated on a […]

So, you’re going to be in LA sometime during the next five weeks? Why, that’s terrific news! And what’s that you say? You’re in need of a distinctly different and entertaining theatrical experience? Really?
I think I can help.
My spouse, the lovely Jeanne Simpson, just opened “Reckless,” the decidedly off-kilter Christmas-themed play […]

Had you heard about “Reid-gate?” What? you don’t pay attention to poorly-run right-wing blog aggregators the way I do? Shame…
For those of you without the patience to follow those links, here’s the skinny. An excerpted interview on a Nevada TV station showed Senator Harry Reid mentioning that he’d heard Osama bin […]