Steve Czaban (Washington City Paper)

Steve Czaban says Dan Snyder really can step out of the way and let people who know how to better run the things he owns run them.

Czaban’s proof? WTEM-AM.

“If people ask why can’t Snyder just hire really good people and let them do what they do, well, that’s exactly what he’s doing on the radio front,” says Czaban, co-host of “The Sports Reporters,” the drive-time show and jewel in the schedule of Snyder’s WTEM, also called ESPN980.

Czaban’s got an ego, ..read more

2009: Apocalypse not now – The Gazette (Montreal)

With the help of the rest of The Gazette Business department, Paul Delean takes a lighter look at the year that was.

MONTREAL – Say this about 2009: For an economic apocalypse, it wasn’t half bad.

Remember a year ago? Stocks falling like concrete from a Quebec overpass. Global economies shrinking faster than Michael Ignatieff’s approval rating. The mother of all recessions. End of the world as we knew it, experts said.

Those who liquidated everything and started hoarding catfood for retirement are ..read more

The Year In Consent – The Sexist – Washington City Paper (Washington City Paper)

Lessons learned from 2009’s high-profile rape cases.

This was the year of the armchair rape analyst (ARA). If you’ve never run into such a person, here’s a job description: While men across the globe generate allegations of rape, ARAs are charged with casually dismissing the problem from the comfort of their living rooms. They sit back, stroke the chin, and plant gray where black and white work just fine.

ARAs have a field day when high-profile alleged rapes surface in the media. ..read more

Sherlock Holmes – The Guardian

Jude Law as Watson and Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes.

Everyone has their favourite Sherlock Holmes impersonator, as well as their favourite Holmes story, novel and film. For me the best Holmes is the one played on stage in 1974 by John Wood. But I admire Jeremy Brett’s on TV and retain immense affection for Basil Rathbone, the first Sherlock I saw, partly because he looks like the Sidney Paget illustrations, and partly because he has the ..read more

Festivus 2009: Holiday creator Dan O’Keefe takes your questions – Washington Post

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Dan O’Keefe: Hello, everyone. Thank you for your continued interest in a celebration enjoyed by literally dozens of stoned college students and federal prisoners around the country, and based on my peculiar cultlike upbringing.

Bring it.

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Milwaukee: We started selling Festivus Poles back in 2005 for the fun of it and expected it to be something that would be popular for a year or two. Four years later, we see that more and more people seem to be celebrating every year — ..read more

"If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank." –Woody Allen

I admit, I’ve based many decisions on a ’sign from God.’ If an opportunity effortlessly lines up, I quickly jump to the conclusion that God is giving me the green light; but if a series of obstacles are flung my way, I figure God obviously has a different plan for me. But what if all of these instances simply come down to good or poor decision-making on my part? What if there isn’t a Higher Power GPS directing and navigating ..read more