In an effort to make The Sundries Shack a better place to find smart commentary on politics and pop culture, I’ve invited another guest writer to post here. Hey, it’s not going to get more smart around here with me as the only regular contributor, right? My friend Lyndsey Fifield is young, smart, witty and [...]
I have to think that some minor flunky in the Obama Administration tasked with making sure Eric Holder didn’t get loose in front of television cameras will be sitting in the unemployment line on Monday. That poor unfortunate’s goose was cooked when Holder sat down in front of a House committee and tried to answer [...]
Forget the Canadiens beating the Capitals and the Penguins, the story of the Boston Bruins ruinous collapse will be the story of this year’s NHL playoffs. The pain Bruins fans are feeling today, after their team gave up a three-goal lead and then the game as Simon Gagne potted the game-winner late in the third [...]
Over the past couple days, I’ve noticed my number of Twitter followers sneaking up. One day I’m up ten or so, the next another 8 or twelve. It’s puzzled me because I’ve basically reached a popularity plateau around 2,900 followers and, since I don’t really stump for more and I don’t participate in the Twitter [...]
I wonder if Chris Christie wouldn’t mind serving as Governor of Maryland, too. I mean, just listen to him take a horribly-biased question and yank it right the heck out of the park. Dave Weigel, the guy the Washington Post sent forth to tell their readers all about those strange and vicious creatures known as [...]
NBC has dropped the hammer on its long-running show “Law and Order” after 20 seasons, just one short of the record for the longest-running show on television still held by the incomparable Gunsmoke. “Law & Order” is done. NBC officials have confirmed that the influential New York-set crime drama will air its last telecast May [...]
In 1974, some Chinese farmers found what became one of the greatest archeological finds of my lifetime, an army of terra cotta warriors. The statues, over 8,000 of them, were buried to serve as Emperor Qin’s army in the afterlife, to help him conquer yet another empire in a new world. Hugo Chavez doesn’t quite [...]
Republican Congressman and big-brain Eric Cantor has an interesting idea working at his web site. It’s called YouCut and it’s a first shot as getting voters involved in cutting the size of our Brobdingangian federal government back to reasonable levels. Here’s how it works. Cantor has put five programs on the block. You can vote for [...]
I’m sure this Arizona Sheriff is nothing but a ginormous bigot who wants to round up all the Mexicans and put them in cages suspended over tanks full of ravenous sharks but let’s take just a moment to examine one thing he had to say before we consign him to the Outer Hell of Racist Mexican-Haters. Last [...]
If you’re not showing up for at least part of “The Delivery–Live!” , then you’re really missing out on a ton of fun. What surprises me most about the live format most, as a host, is how it has tightened up the show. Not only are SMP Mike and I more focused on getting to [...]
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