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Sugar Water: How Celebrities Can Help End the BP Oil Spill

Robert Cass June 30, 2010 6

On Tuesday CNN’s Larry King announced that he’ll end his 25-year-old talk show this fall, having been beaten consistently in the ratings the past year by his 9 PM cable-news competitors, Fox News’s Sean

Bootleg City: In the Darkest Hour …

Robert Cass March 26, 2010 12

Folks, I have some exciting news to share with you — the Terrorist Dunking Booth is back! After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, none of us here in the United States were

Sugar Water: Those Shoes Were Made for Throwin’

Robert Cass September 25, 2009 11

Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi TV reporter who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad last December, was released from prison on September 15 after serving nine months

The Bigger Picture: Nothing to Fear

Arend Anton June 12, 2009 8

Appropriately for a week in which an Eddie Murphy movie is reaching theaters, Arend Anton devotes his latest Biggest Picture column to cinematic horror

Political Culture: When Did Americans Become Such Pussies?

Jon Cummings June 4, 2009 45

I must admit, I had thought the days were over when Republicans could scare the bejeezus out of the citizenry (and force acquiescence from lily-livered Democrats) with bullshit tricks like “threat levels” and smoking

Sugar Water: “24” and the Enhanced Techniques of Viewer Torture

Robert Cass May 28, 2009 9

In February 2007 The New Yorker published “Whatever It Takes,” an article by Jane Mayer about the Fox series 24, and how the politically conservative views of the show’s creators, Joel Surnow and Robert

Political Culture: Shall We Plunge the Sword In?

Jon Cummings January 15, 2009 8

Sometime in the early afternoon next Tuesday – after Barack Obama takes the oath of office, and before the new President and First Lady take the traditional stroll up Pennsylvania Avenue – one of