Not Joe Biden, whose Delaware-sized ego is going to convince him to run again, despite the cries of a majority of Democrats. No, I mean Beto O'Rourke, who appears to…
The music world is mourning the death of Mark Hollis, founder of the British band Talk Talk, best known for a string of synth-pop dance hits in the early '80s,…
You say you're confused by life in modern America? Let Mr. Randy Newman explain things for you. With the help of Mr. Mark Knopfler, he will decode the mystery of…
Lots of people, it seems, even some of the 81% who tell pollsters they support it. Republicans consider it the spawn of Satan or, worse, Lenin. Democrats fret that it's…
The question "How did Trump win?" has various answers. One of the most compelling, because its truth is on display daily, is that Republican voters don't care a fig about…
As expected, Rami Malek won the Oscar last night for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in "Bohemian Rhapsody." More surprisingly, the show opened with the current incarnation of the band…
Jason's prediction is looking more likely by the day, as the Associated Press released a big story about how Joe Biden's vast foreign policy experience makes him unique in the…
Not being a movie person, I have no opinion about who should win anything at tonight's Academy Awards. But I did see "Bohemian Rhapsody," and while the movie has been…
The Records were a British power-pop band of the late '70s-early '80s, one of the post-punk, skinny-tie, jangly-guitar outfits that carried the torch for rock 'n' roll against its deformed…
I came across this anecdote in an interview with physician and social scientist Jonathan M. Metzl, whose book, “Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America’s…
Peter Tork of the Monkees died yesterday at age 77. Tork was 24 and playing folk music in Greenwich Village when his friend Stephen Stills urged him to audition for…