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The homepage and weblog of journalist and columnist Stephen J. Silver
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Bruno!
In the last week alone, Sacha Baron Cohen has pranked both a thousands-strong MMA crowd in Arkansas and a member of the Mossad, both for the Bruno movie. Getting on the bad side of either takes a lot of balls....
The City of Brotherly Brand
News Item: 76ers sign Elton Brand to five-year deal A cynic would say, "gee, a big name and former #1 overall pick, with a huge contract, who's coming off major surgery- sounds like Chris Webber!" Good thing the Philly sports...
Brett in Purple?
So Brett Favre wants to come back and play, just a few months after retiring. This has caused a big headache for the Packers, who had planned on handing the team over to understudy Aaron Rodgers and might not want...
He Must Be Lurching Just Right Then
"But Senator Obama is not just tacking gently toward the center. He?s lurching right when it suits him, and he?s zigging with the kind of reckless abandon that?s guaranteed to cause disillusion, if not whiplash."- Bob Herbert, the New York...
Book It
One of my company's publications, Book Business, gets the profile treatment in today's Philadelphia Inquirer. Somehow, it doesn't have nearly as many comments as the typical Phillies story....
Philly Sports Quiz
Funny stuff from Rich Hofmann. His description of the highest possible bitterness score:If you scored from 54-60, well, you simultaneously live the Philadelphia stereotype and complain that people stereotype you. You will celebrate the next Philadelphia championship for about a...
RIP, Major Briggs
Actor Don Davis, who played Major Briggs on "Twin Peaks" and had bit parts in a whole bunch of movies, has died....
Get a Clue, ESPN
I just watched the Twins lose to the Red Sox on ESPN, and I don't know what upsets me more- the result, or the idiocy of the announcers on ESPN. Not only did they spend whole innings of a close,...
The Big Show is Back!
News Item: Dan Patrick to join NBC; host halftime highlights with Keith Olbermann on "Sunday Night Football" As someone who grew up watching them on ESPN, I truly can't wait for this. Will they bring back all the old catchphrases...
"Wall*E" Nitpicks
Noah Millman notices some problems with the film, such as this:Why does EVE pack heat? Her function is to look for vegetation and, if she finds some, shut down and wait to be picked up. The Earth is uninhabited, so...
The Cult of "Flo"
Apparently, the Progressive insurance pitch woman has quite a cult following. She's like a live-action Erin Esurance: And not only that- but the actress who plays Flo was also on "Mad Men."...
Douthat on Helms
Ross Douthat, making sense:"He simply was an awful bigot, and worse he was an awful bigot who never expressed a shred of remorse, so far as I know, for his toxic approach to issues ranging from civil rights to HIV...
No Webb
News Item: Jim Webb pulls out of consideration for veep slot Very interesting. I don't think he would've been a good pick, but I expected Webb to at least be a finalist. My top veep picks: 1. Brian Schweitzer 2....
McCain Veepstakes
I look at who may be McCain's veep, in this week's North Star column....
Quote of the Day
Jonathan Chait on the late, unlamented senator from North Carolina:Among other things, Helms was an avowed believer in black intellectual inferiority, an hysterical opponent of interracial marriage, called the 1964 Civil Rights Act "the single most dangerous piece of legislation...
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