Fifty years ago, I suggested to my girlfriend’s parents that we all watch this hilarious new show called “Saturday Night Live.” I tuned in this past Saturday, when NBC broadcast the show’s first episode. I wanted to see how cool I had been. The episode didn’t even hold up that well 50 years ago. Comedian George Carlin, surrounded by the …
I’ve never been much for writing book reviews. Mainly because I don’t know how to write book reviews. Call this one an appreciation. (If you feel you have to call it anything at all.) I noticed a lot of interest in “Al Franken: Giant of the Senate” on Facebook and elsewhere. So, here we go. The new memoir follows Sen. Al Franken’s …
Chance has worked in the garden all his life. “It’s a good garden and a healthy one,” he says when asked about a flailing U.S. economy. “Its trees are healthy and so are its shrubs and flowers … I agree with the President: everything in it will grow strong in due course.” His interviewer, a late-night TV talk show host, …