Arts and Entertainment

Lots of TV shows lean on pop and rock songs to serve as their soundtracks, some more heavily than others (when medical shows proliferated, putting the word "breathe" in your…

OK, so now we're all supposed to act shocked and saddened by the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. The guy in Tenacious D – not Jack Black, the other guy…

I haven't tuned in to the Republican National Convention, but I imagine it's very much like Tom Waits described his circus in this cut from 2004's "Real Gone." Waits doesn't…

This track from Justin Townes Earle's 2012 album "Nothings Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now" could be a theme song for Judge Aileen Cannon, who's shown she's…

Nobody is sure how many guns are in private hands in the United States; most estimates put the figure well above 300 million. It doesn't seem to be making anyone…

Have you noticed that nobody is surprised at the attempted assassination of Donald Trump? I'm only surprised it took this long for someone to do it, because for eight years…

The most interesting aspect of the current Democratic civil war is that the rank and file is decidedly not behind the move to oust Biden from the ticket. Surprisingly, those…

Joe Biden's press conference last night satisfied neither side of the Democrats' civil war. Biden stumbled but he didn't fall, so neither side can claim vindication – though both already…

The literary world was shaken this week when Andrea Skinner, youngest daughter of Canadian author Alice Munro, revealed to the Toronto Star that her stepfather, Munro's second husband, molested her…

Any hope of removing Joe Biden from the Democratic ticket depends on him going willingly. Instead he's given every indication he'll put up a fight. It's been 20 years since…

The media's feeding frenzy for forcing Biden out of the race continues but seems to be slackening a bit because the public isn't climbing on board. Like a pug on…

The punditry consensus says Joe Must Go, but if you check the comments at liberal web sites it seems a lot of their readers aren't sold on the idea. You…

Just walking to the mailbox the past couple of days brought to mind this little rhyme I think I first heard in junior high school: When the weather's hot and…