A quarter of the world’s population looked to England for leadership before WWII. But its own people doubted the competence of their stammering king.
A quarter of the world’s population looked to England for leadership before WWII. But its own people doubted the competence of their stammering king.
When I think of grand prizes, I tend to think of new cars. Bags of cash. Trips to Hawaii. Maybe even a year’s worth of fine chocolate for foodies. But apparently I’m boring old school. Now E! has created a new reality TV series in which brides-to-be ar …
Daybreak’s in the doldrums, and perky, workaholic executive producer Rachel McAdams is its last hope. Award-winning news anchor Harrison Ford couldn’t care less.
Last week I purchased a MacBook that’s roughly 20 trillion times faster than my ancient iBook, whose microchips finally (subtle shout-out to Apple’s toughness) gave up the ghost after six years of daily use and lots of international travel. Yes, I resi …
On Halloween night, AMC debuted the long-awaited comic-book-based, zombie-centric series, The Walking Dead. It was a gamble, considering how many horror lovers were probably dressed as zombies and not at their TV sets. But the show still drew 5.3 milli …
About three weeks ago I felt “homesick” for Africa, where I worked and lived for about a year. There had to be some sort of streaming camera somewhere in South Africa, so I Googled and found africam.com, which sports several always-on webcams from var …
Ads from Old Spice’s “Smell Like a Man” campaign have been among YouTube’s most-seen viral videos this year. And, always on the lookout for new ways to teach prepositions, Sesame Street has come up with “Smell Like a Monster,” brought to us by Grover, …
“If John Hughes were still around today … what songs would he be using in his movies?” Well, the very ones Sugarland has created using its Incredible Machine.
How much would you sacrifice to pursue justice for a wrongly imprisoned sibling? Your marriage? Your children? Your own dreams? Betty Anne Waters did all that and more.
While researching Grey’s Anatomy recently, I read a New York Times article by columnist Rob Walker. Walker points out that Barco Uniforms offers a top-selling surgical scrub line patterned after the ABC dramedy. He calls this “notable.” So do I. At the …
He’s 16 and suicidal, so Craig Gilman checks himself into a psychiatric hospital to score a few meds. What he gets instead is far better: perspective.
You hear and read a lot of commentary on how America’s values are skidding down the slippery slope at breakneck speed. But you don’t typically hear much about how this country’s optimism may be waning. Even in difficult times, Americans have often been …
I first heard about AwesomenessReminders.com about a month ago and assumed it would garner 10 followers. Then it would land on obscure marketing websites, listed as one of the silliest ideas ever. But I was wrong about one thing: It now has more than 1 …
