Hier stehe ich, ich kann nicht anders

Moving is like childbirth in, perhaps, just one respect: the results tend to make the traumatic difficulty of the event itself fade in memory. I’m speaking out of school, of course, as one who’s only watched childbirth, so take that for the half-baked...

Leave Big Bird Alone

If we can afford a war, we can spare a dime for a few good muppets. I stand with Big Bird. Mitt loves him, but would fire him. What is it with conservatives and going after PBS? Are they afraid Masterpiece is finally going to wither the mighty hand of the market with...

Han Solo High

It’s beautiful that an architect went to the trouble of making a high school look exactly like the Millennium Falcon from above. Call people “geeks” if you must, they’ll still be smart enough to win the day. And you might not even know...

Threat Deterred!

Mark Roessler’s solution to the (no doubt many) threats on Obama’s life on this inauguration day: “Maybe the president should have a gun?” The photo opps alone boggle the mind.