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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
I had this entire hour memorized by the time I was in Junior High. I loved the wordplay, and I still owe much of my cadence and my humor to those early HBO specials, which they ran ad nauseam in those days, and I watched 'em each and every time they came on.
He was also one of the rare comedians who became deeper the older he got, not just relying on old schtick.
Personally, I still think his suggestion to put a gasoline fire in the center of the basketball court to liven up the game is a great idea. It'd get me to watch the NBA for more than 5 minutes at a time.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
