does Bill Cosby know his race?

I rarely watch Oprah, but a few weeks ago I was fortunate to watch her show on which she hosted Bill Cosby and Dr. Alvin Poussaint.  Cosby and Poussaint’s overall message is that parents have to take more responsibility in order to properly address the problems that afflict black America.
The idea that fatherless homes is [...]

farewell, Robert Goulet

From E! News: “In recent years, as Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack crowd fell away, Goulet became something of the last showroom star standing, and began to embody classic Las Vegas cool.” 

praying for a strike

In case you haven’t heard, there’s a good chance that Hollywood television writers will go strike in the near future.  While it may not happen this week, the relationship between the Writers Guild of America and the major television networks is still on the rocks.  Thus, scenario of more repeats and reality TV shows remains a [...]

not so fine wine

The United States Department of Agriculture pays foreign writers to taste Californian wine.  The writers, in turn, produce rave reviews for their readers.  Hence, a program that is not only a questionable use of taxpayer dollars, but also “a violation of fundamental journalism ethics.”  For more, see the Sacramento Bee.

steroids and baseball’s conflict of interest

Ken Rosenthal reports . . . .

more developments in the conservative-libertarian debate

Instapundit’s Glenn Reynolds reacts to charges that his blogging isn’t conservative enough, and includes a note on what would make the GOP a consistent winner.

the Fab Five, 15 years later

Page 2’s Jemele Hill offers her thoughts on Jalen Rose’s attempt to commerorate the legacy of his college basketball team with a billboard:
College athletes do operate in an unfair system that allows them to be exploited, but it’s the fairest system we have. It’s still not an excuse for players to not follow the rules.
But preserving [...]

a wedding, some flowers, and a lawyer-bride

WSJ.com’s Law Blog discusses the case of a lawyer who spent a lot of money on flowers for her wedding, then sued for a lot more when everything didn’t turn out as planned.

right for the wrong reasons

North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Bob Orr on tax incentives:
We must stop the practice of handing out incentives based on the influence of corporate lobbyists, eliminate state discretionary incentive awards and end the competition to attract businesses among our counties.
Good enough.  But then the Charlotte Observer’s Jack Betts errs in supporting Orr’s position by writing that [...]

biting the hand that feeds you

Instapundit linked to this Times Online article by Gerald Baker, entitled “The U.S. is a Great Place to be Anti-American”:
Today I can only laugh when I see the popular portrayal of George Bush’s America in much of the international media. Supposedly serious commentators will say, without evident irony, that free speech is under attack, that [...]