Would you be prepared to survive in the event of a complete breakdown of modern civilization?"

"A man-made or natural global disaster could strand you for months, years or forever with no electricity, no water from the taps, no gr...

Goodbye to Sherman Hemsley.

Here 's an obituary. I was looking for a great "All in the Family" or "Jeffersons" clip, but I found this "Twil...

"If you’ve got, so to speak, the devil inside the elevator, press the call button. Call Otis."

"You’re trying to make this fun, I can understand that. But I’ve never heard of anything like this." "Okay, what if one of yo...

"The Demon With a Glass Hand."

Yesterday, we were talking about the Bradbury Building in downtown L.A. Someone emailed to say that "The Demon With a Glass Hand"...

Exiting through the door marked 2007.

The NYT Magazine has its annual "Lives They Lived" issue , with short essays on a wide range of individuals who died in the past y...

The UW 9/11 denialist appears on "Hannity and Colmes."

The day the university announced its decision to permit Kevin Barrett to teach the one course he was hired to teach, he appeared on "H...

Alito answers.

Let's take a look at the NYT coverage of Day 2 of the Alito hearings. The two Adams -- Liptak and Nagourney -- have this to say: If Sena...

"28 Days Later."

I watched about half of the movie "28 Days Later," partly just to check out how my new widescreen HDTV looked with HDHBO. I though...

Old TV gets the high art treatment.

In amongst the fancy fare playing at UW's Cinemateque this summer (like "The Five Obstructions") are some old TV shows. (Via ...