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Mark Twain’s Caustic Satire

Satire, like every other rhetorical device developed over the centuries, can serve a usefu...

television
Star-Studded SNL Special Exemplifies Show’s Inherent Contradictions

Sunday night's 40th-anniversary special for Saturday Night Live achieved impressive rat...

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Carvey: Entertainment Industry Punishes Political Evenhandedness

It's not news that Hollywood and the entertainment community in general have a strong prog...

manners-and-morals
A Pastoral Letter From the Future

A PASTORAL LETTER From Bishop Judith Hardanger-Hansen Dearly beloved, There has been co...

movies
British Filmmakers Mock Islamic Radicals

There are some brave souls in the film industry. They just aren’t getting huge budgets a...

television
Dirty Sexy Morality Tale

 I don't suppose that many regular readers of this august publication missed my revie...

television
“The 1/2 Hour News Hour”—Review

Contrary to numerous gloomy internet reports prior to its airing, tonight's premiere episo...

television
“The Half-Hour News Hour” to Premiere This Sunday

Pascal Fervor kindly forwarded us the following email message regarding the new comedy pro...