But it’s jury duty which the United States Postal Service chooses to honor with a stamp.
Hundreds of thousands of species of flora and fauna. Dozens upon dozens of minor holidays; myriad dead Americans of significant …

“‘The world needs gravediggers too’?   What the hell is THAT supposed to mean?”  
Not a perfect effort, but still impressive. Ben Affleck has historically struck me as a lot smarter than his career choices …

Dear Sars:
Maybe you can help me find a baseball book. I saw it a couple weeks ago in Barnes & Noble. It was a book about baseball, but specifically about the hidden rules or etiquette …

I felt like I’d seen it before — the neurotic adult children whose non-specific damage is played for laughs; the deprecation of certain arts/academia “types”; the warm, helpful immigrant/minority who opens the eyes of the …

Hee. (Well, as long as no chickens were harmed.)

“If elected, I vow to retire the term ‘limousine liberal’ from the English language indefinitely!”
I like Michael Moore’s work. Do I think he presents the facts on his chosen subject with arid objectivity? No. Do …

I had read it before, 20 years ago. I’m glad I read it again, because the story has more resonance for a 35-year-old than for a 15-year-old — not that 15-year-olds won’t “get it,” but …

Dear Sars,
My 8-year-old had a little nighttime accident last night — in my bed. In my brand-new, week-old mattress I hadn’t yet gotten around to covering with a mattress pad (because my husband is 9,000 …

Roger Ebert describes the film, and why it’s wonderful, better than I can; I’ll only add that, if you tend to avoid film noir, this isn’t typical of the genre, and you should give it …

No review of the film is complete without a dismissive reference to the length of the title — preferably one sighing about how it reflects the film’s overlong running time — but I actually like …