Archive for October, 2008

A grown-up’s guide to Sesame Street for grown-ups

Sesame Street is a wonderful educational program that’s been entertaining and informing small children for years.  For parents of young children, it can be a great educational tool.  It doesn’t hurt that it’s a children’s program that won’t make you want to throw your TV out the window, either.  Chances are, though, that it’s been [...]

Fact-checking the debate

This Tuesday saw the second meeting between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain, the respective Democratic and Republican nominees for the American presidency. The debate was a “town hall” format, in quotes because it wasn’t really a town hall format, hosted by Tom Brokaw, the most passive-aggressive journalist anyone could find. The modern [...]