People leave behind, on purpose, all kinds of things after visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. They’ve left about 400,000 items there since the memorial was dedicated in 1982.I find an abundance of things left at the Wall, as the memorial...
Enough already with the re-deification of writer Paddy Chayefsky, and his best-remembered movie, “Network.”Released at the end of November, 1976, “Network” is a hyper-ventilating vision of commercialism run amok, of a failed television network...
I’ve been thinking a lot this past month about the late Henry Hampton.One of America’s finest documentary filmmakers, Henry understood the media mindset as well as anyone did, and he surely would have anticipated the tsunami of coverage surrounding...
I like a media feeding frenzy as much as the next guy, but, geez, is it too much to expect even minimum standards? It’s clearly too much to expect when it comes to the federal government’s troubled online marketplace for health insurance, which was...
It’s five months since the debut of Edward Snowden’s traveling intelligence leak show, and the hits just keep on coming.Last Friday, U.S. ambassador James Costos met with his hosts in Madrid and assured Spain’s foreign minister, Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo,...
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been exceptionally fortunate to have the love and support of family, friends, teachers, mentors and colleagues. Sometimes even people I don’t really know — readers, mostly — have shown me incredible kindnesses. But...
Duff’s Restaurant was a cornerstone of the resuscitation and recovery of St. Louis’ Central West End neighborhood that started in the 1970s. A place for creative, affordable food and drink in an environment of extraordinary welcome and comfort, Duff’s...
The people of Pakistan may be on to something when it comes to atrocious TV. This past Saturday, an independent station based in the capital city, Islamabad, fired the host of a highly rated morning program along with show's producer and much of the staff...
