Here’s a question that probably affects Americans’ lives more than politics because the USA stands not for Freedom but for Consumption: What defines fast food? We had a battle last…

The Iowa Caucuses are kind of like the Thursday noon Eastern tipoff for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament – you gotta get your predictions in before then or they don’t…

So, it’s the time of the year for New Year’s Resolutions. I’m not going to say that I’m going to get into better physical shape this year, b/c that’s one…

Happy New Year! Well, this is it. The year we collectively decide whether the greatest empire of all time continues its downward spiral into oblivion, led by conservatives and liberals…

I had been to NYC about 50 times over the course of my life, the first trip with my family when I was 8-years-old. As Corky says in Waiting for…

My brother recently got me into Project Runway. It’s somewhat of a minor miracle that I didn’t watch it up to this point, given that I’ve said for years that…

My sense of discipline changed drastically around about the time I was 18. I used to be extremely regimented, even having an itinerary for each evening, during which I had…

I’m a little farther down the road of accepting “Smells Like Teen Spirit” as the definitive song of our generation. Recently, I made the out-on-a-limb claim that Fight Club is…

Jesus. The irony about the Christmas Season commencing so early, as detailed by TIME, is whose death it has caused: Christmas’. Since we now start hearing holiday music in October,…

I knew the day would come. My 60-GB iPod, for which the best friends in my life all chipped in (organized by the illustrious Messrs. Raman Sehgal and Vikas Satyal),…

Merry Christmas! I hate to be a Scrooge, but one thing I’m getting quite tired of is all of these mass text messages people feel so inclined to send. Here’s…

We extended our tradition of going to our friends, the Abney’s, for Christmas Eve – something like 30 years running. Always one of my favorite things all year long. Last…

The blog Gawker posted its funniest 10 videos of 2007. Definitely worth a look. I believe I had sent out #1 in a previous Newsletter.

I finished watching Season III of Entourage. It’s a show I’ve enjoyed but almost feel forced to watch, given that I work in entertainment and live in LA. It’s a…