Don’t be stupid, be a smarty, come and join the Red Hat partyI read where the dastardly Red Hats are being celebrated in a musical that’s playing in Chicago. I’m sure it’s in the vein of the Franz Liebkind-penned production of Springtime for Hitler, and similarly inspired. No doubt it glosses over all of the [...]

If you’ve been following the series of articles in the SJ-R about the state’s health insurance plans for children, you’ll have read about the experiences of families who have signed on to the wonderful new programs to improve healthcare and make benefit glorious leader Rod Blagojevich. And you’ll have been somewhat surprised to learn that [...]

We’ve all played the little getting-to-know-you game in which we take turns naming three famous people we’d like to have dinner with. The idea here is that the choice of dinner companions, and perhaps more importantly, the topic of dinner conversations that would arise, reveals something about a person’s character.
For example, if one were to [...]

The mayor recently announced that our city will indeed compete to host the premiere of the upcoming Simpsons movie by proving that ours is the real Springfield. I hate to be pessimistic, but based on what I’ve read, I don’t think we’ve developed a winning strategy.
It seems that we will be betting on the fact [...]

Russ, Shoo, Anon Com, and Brad have posted their Top 20 Most Played Artists according to their digital music delivery system of choice. I can’t figure out how to find the top 20 artists on iTunes so I’ll list the top 20 most-played songs. And of course, I’ll provide a prologue and then comment on [...]