On Tuesday night, CBS aired the final episode of Jericho. In case you weren’t watching (and judging by Jericho’s ratings, you weren’t), it was a drama about the residents of a small town in northwestern Kansas in the wake of a nuclear terrorist attack on 23 American cities. As you might [...]
Entries from March 2008
March 11, 2008
Milkman Meets Pieman
Stevan Dohanos was a twentieth century American artist best known for his World War II propaganda posters, particularly the Don’t Talk series (“Loose lips sink ships” and the like). In addition to his wartime efforts, he created a number of Saturday Evening Post covers. One of my favorites is the “Milkman Meets Pieman” painting from [...]
March 10, 2008
Fighting Over the Toaster
“Broken Government” is CNN’s series of reports investigating some of the failures of the federal government. With a scope like that there should be no shortage of material – this show could last longer than M*A*S*H. One episode, titled “Health Care – Critical Condition,” explored the endless debate over government-run medical care and [...]
