Hot on the heels of this great video of a young man dancing his way around the world, my brother-in-law dropped me an email and said to go to YouTube and search “free hugs.” I’d never seen this before. It’s another grin-fest. Very, very sweet. (A little creepy, I’ll admit. But very, very sweet, too.)

Around the newsroom today, more than a few people have said, “You know, his last HBO special wasn’t that good. He was pretty angry and bitter at the end.” But to appreciate George Carlin and his talent, look no further than this classic routine from nearly two decades ago, comparing two great sports. As my…

News this morning that George Carlin has died, at the still-young age of 71. Carlin was brilliant at seeing the absurdity of life; very little of it, I think, truly made sense to him. “Why do they lock gas station bathrooms?” he once mused. “Are they afraid someone will clean them?” He made his living…

Here in New York, you see the posters everywhere, and it’s jarring: people striking a pose, maybe dribbling a basketball or reading a book. But they don’t have any skin. And you can see their organs. It’s life, seen in a way you’ve never seen it before. Or maybe, in fact, it’s death. Zenit reported…

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