THE 3 STOOGES MEET DIABLO CANYON

For the latest installment of Smashing Crayons for Slate I investigate the people behind the amazing Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.  The shocking results HERE: DIABLO CANYON FOR DUMMIES

BECK’S BRAIN

  Yesterday the consuming monster Beck created, himself, finally devoured him.  Needing to out-crazy himself every day, viewers found it harder to get his signal from distant galaxies of derangement.  Before he goes, here’s a chart I helped cook up at Mother Jones with Dave Gilson. God’s speed, gone Glenn.

Opening Day

This week I began a new series of editorial videos for Slate.com.  Up till now I have used a production crew to create short films.  This works very well for TV where you can find (if you’re lucky) a budget of some kind.  The web is different.  If I wanted to continue this online, I … Read more

Pinetop Perkins

Gone to his next gig at 97.  Here he is at 95.  Life and art, conjoined in beauty, right up to the end. Way to go Pine.

Inequality in America

My talk with Eduardo Porter, author of The Price of Everything, for Need to Know. (Video brought to you by Goldman Sachs? That cracks me up, but not too much.) Watch the full episode. See more Need To Know.