It’s taken long enough, but the new Doctor Who is finally coming to American television–the Sci-Fi Channel beginning in March. The DVD release, originally planned for a month hence on Valentine’s Day, has now been moved to July, about the same time as the season finale, “The Parting of the Ways” would be broadcast onContinue reading “On Doctor Who and the Sci-Fi Channel”
Daily Archives: January 12, 2006
On the Cubs and the Nationals
While I’ve been a fan of the Chicago Cubs for a very long time, I’ve never actually seen the Cubs. At least, not in person. Last year my sister suggested that, perhaps, I could go and catch a Nationals-Cubs game in Washington. Of course, she suggested that the day after the Cubs had a three-gameContinue reading “On the Cubs and the Nationals”
More on Bush and al-Jazeera
David Keogh and Leo O’Connor go on trial in London on January 24th. Their crime? Violating Britain’s Official Secrets Act by passing around a top secret memo about a meeting between Prime Minister Tony Blair and President George Bush. This is a story that has received very little traction in the American press–first, because theContinue reading “More on Bush and al-Jazeera”