Last night I watched the 3 most recent episodes of The Good Wife one after the other. This is a show which is particularly suited to binge watching due to its slow pace, wealth of detail and nuance. Only by watching several episodes at a time you can get a sense of satisfaction akin to eating...

Even as I’m typing these words, I am still hesitating whether or not to click on “Publish,” when I’m done writing this post. You see, I write a lot about politics, which is a serious subject—even when I’m talking about today’s GOP—since they are...

I can’t stand it when people say that television is bad for kids.  Yes, letting kids sit in front of the TV for hours at a time is bad, but the real problem in this scenario is the parenting.  My kids learned about the alphabet, empathy and humor from Elmo and the rest of the Sesame...

I have recently started watching Mad Men.  It took me a long time to decide whether or not to watch it after I saw one episode on a flight and absolutely hated it.  But everyone, whose TV judgement I trust, insisted that it was a great show.  However, the real clincher for my decision is...