John From Cincinnati is all about angry stupid people. But not uninteresting angry stupid people. The show was created by David Milch, co creater of NYPD Blue and Deadwood. Set in the California surfing town of Imperial Beach, the show is in some sense a family drama, revolving around the spectacularly dysfunctional Yost family and their equally disturbed and tortured … [Read more...] about John From Cincinnati – Review
More Lies About Terrorism and Drugs
The Drug Czar's blog, Pushing Back, links aprovingly to a story in the Record Searchlight of Redding, California: The nation's top anti-drug official said people need to overcome their "reefer blindness" and see that illicit marijuana gardens are a terrorist threat to the public's health and safety, as well as to the environment. John P. Walters, President Bush's drug czar, … [Read more...] about More Lies About Terrorism and Drugs
What I Learned About Cops and Lawyers
It's time to tell you how my traffic ticket saga ends. First, however, I should tell you how it started. About a month ago, I was driving on a local expressway when I entered an area with some construction off to the side of the road. At about the same time, I came up behind a slow-moving car. We were in the middle lane, so I changed lanes to pass him on the left. I was … [Read more...] about What I Learned About Cops and Lawyers
Monitoring Michael Chertoff’s Guts
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff recently announced that he has a "gut feeling" that Al Qaeda is up to something this summer. Wired magazine beat me to the joke: … [Read more...] about Monitoring Michael Chertoff’s Guts
Fight! For Your Right! To sleep.
John Kass breaks this shocking story about life in the city that banned foie gras: Window washer Sam Hardison has been charged by City Hall with another crime of the century: Falling asleep on a CTA train, with a cookbook in his lap. So the poor guy may have to pay City Hall a fine of up to $300 for sleeping dangerously. That's a lot of windows to wash for a nap on the CTA, … [Read more...] about Fight! For Your Right! To sleep.