That was the challenge last night on "Top Chef," which this post won't spoil, but there are spoilers at here , where I read about it. (I haven't watched this season of "Top Chef." Maybe I'll catch …
If you have TimesSelect, you can read Dick Cavett's blog, which has a long post today about ghost stories. Here's an anecdote: Groucho [Marx] could always go unrecognized in public, thanks to the painted-on mustache he …
An essay about a book on the subject of "cunning." (Via A&L Daily .) The book is by a lawprof, Don Herzog. As Herzog says, the cunning learn how to mimic the virtuous. And the clever mimic the dull ("Do you su…
Too much ready-made humor. Dawn of the Dead has defeated The Passion of The Christ at the boxoffice this weekend. The potential for jokes in bad taste about rising from the dead is disturbing. Would Letterman or Leno go for the…