Tuesday TV: ‘Drug Kingpin Hippos’ and Other Pests
Colombia’s Pablo Escobar was an outsized criminal drug lord, with a personal fortune estimated at $25 billion and responsible for the deaths of thousands, including hits on 600 Colombian police.…
Letterman: Fighting the Fatwa with the Funny
Becoming the target of a jihad only played into David Letterman’s careerlong self-deprecating humor Monday. It was a shot in the arm for writers just back from vacation. The jihad…
Soul Songwriting Greats, Stilled
Generations of great soul music were represented by the deaths Monday of two songwriting giants. Jerry Lieber, half of the classic songwriting duo of Lieber and Stoller, died after a…