Galley Slaves

A fantastic and illuminating column by Phil Sheridan on the plight of Brian Westbrook and how circumstance and NFL economics can combine to...

If I was the editor of Movieline or GQ or Foreign Affairs , I'd hire Brendon Donnelly to do Hollywood industry analysis. Today's d...

Has anyone out there tried a Bodum vacuum coffee maker ? I'm a sucker for kitchen gadgets and while, strictly speaking, I don't n...

Sad, disturbing news: The great Marc Cohn was shot over the weekend after a concert in Denver. Poor guy. Not only does he have to endure wa...

Andy Ferguson's long piece on the many problems afflicting the National Mall is smart, sad--and funny! To wit: The Park Service's u...

From my blog crush : Oh, I know, I hadn't heard about it either, but these pics lead me to believe that Britney might be expecting. She...

I'm just saying that the headline "MONROE DISAPPOINTED BY SEXUAL ENCOUNTER WITH CRAWFORD" really misses the newsiness of the ...

TV Newser is suggesting that Peter Jennings has taken a turn for the worse. Keep him and his family in your prayers.

No, really. Galley Friend R.S. sends us this link : Bob Knight will give one Texas Tech student the chance to play on his team in a reality...

Galley Freidn B.W. sends along this link which is clearly too good to be true. But still: So saturday, Matt, Erin, myself and a few others ...

The other night I noticed that Cruel Intentions starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillipe, and Reese Witherspoon was on cable. Of course...

Now this email has been spreading like wildfire: It is a voicemail apparently left by a Burger King superviser somewhere in the South (he s...

Galley Hoss Chris Levenick has an outstanding piece in the Wall Street Journal on how the Scopes trial reshaped the relationship between ...

Now I’m convinced the housing market is insane. Have you seen the $640K "mobile home" in Arlington, VA?

Galley Brother B.J. sends along this link about Jack Barnhart's treehouse: An accomplished woodworker, Barnhart dreamed of building a ...

I don't really dig on Anchorman , but Bill Simmons does, and he's funnier than me. He has an excellent NBS offseason wrap-up , and h...

The national media is obsessed with TO, but Eagles fans are more worried about Brian Westbrook, who has yet to show up at training camp. ...

You be the judge.

Reader CC writes in with great news: Tim Minear's Wonderfalls --the best TV show in recent memory--is airing on the LOGO channel right n...

The incomparable Janet Batchler has a long, excellent post on Horcruxes.