We’ve come a long way from G.I. Joe and Captain Action. Dexter, Showtime’s critically-acclaimed serial-killer-as-hero crime drama, has gotten the action figure treatment. Now, I’ve got to be honest. I don’t get Showtime and wouldn’t watchthis show if I did —  though at least one person I respect who claims it’s excellent.  It’s just that…

I watched just about a half hour of last night’s Emmy Awards on NBC before turning it off in exhaustion.  Like most everything on TV these days, it just was trying to hard. The show began with host Jimmy Fallon (who I actually like) in a taped piece featuring the cast of Glee, Tina Fey,…

Russell  Simmons, whose downtown Manhattan apartment overlooks Ground Zero is using his window space to send a heartfelt message regarding faith and pluralism that I would hope we can all agree on. Spelling out the word “COEXIST” by using various religious symbols in place of the letters (i.e. a Islamic Crescent in place of the…

It is kinda funny. On this, the 100th birthday of the late great Mother Teresa, the Empire State Building is under fire from more than just the Catholic League. The organization, as you may remember, is holding a protest tonight regarding its owner’s refusal to mark the day with a symbolic blue and white light…

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