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The Grim Reaper's Social Media Summit
A classic cartoon from Meanwhile #12 .
don1steinberg
Aug 17, 2024
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Honest Boxing Posters
What if boxing posters actually told the undisputed truth?
don1steinberg
Jul 12, 2024
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don1steinberg
Apr 22, 2024
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What Cereal Commercials Taught Me About Life
Everything that comes at us when we're kids seems so new and vivid, and so potentially important, that it lodges in the best spots in our...
don1steinberg
Apr 11, 2024
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Everyone Talking About Andy Kaufman
In 1999, GQ asked me to interview a few actors in advance of the upcoming biopic movie about the comedian Andy Kaufman. I kind of...
don1steinberg
Jan 31, 2024
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Beyond Starbucks: Other Brand Names Taken from Moby-Dick
It’s well known that coffee chain Starbucks got its name from Starbuck, Captain Ahab’s first mate in Moby-Dick. But did you know that...
don1steinberg
Jan 22, 2024
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Sports: Our First Hate
Sports are where we first learn to hate people who are very much like us but come from someplace else. Sorry. It's true. Yeah, it's all...
don1steinberg
Dec 19, 2023
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More Comedians Who Just Make Stuff Up
by Don Steinberg In September, audiences were outraged when comedian Hasan Minaj admitted that some of his stand-up act wasn't reporting...
don1steinberg
Oct 4, 2023
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don1steinberg
May 10, 2023
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The Mueller Report (Taylor's Version) and other new recordings
In 2021, Taylor Swift captured lightning by re-interpreting two of her previously released albums, sending Fearless (Taylor's Version)...
don1steinberg
Dec 20, 2021
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don1steinberg
Dec 17, 2021
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EXCLUSIVE BOOK EXCERPT: The Chief! Presidential Days and Nights of Bill Clinton
In Hope, Arkansas , there was no postwar boom. Nearby Little Rock at least had its nice little rocks. In Hope, children created...
don1steinberg
Apr 17, 2021
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A Guide to the New Normals
Experts believe we will reach a new kind of normality. Or is it “normalcy”? One thing is sure: normalness, and the terminology to...
don1steinberg
May 4, 2020
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Frequently Asked Questions About Google Ant
Q: Am I hearing you correctly? A: Google Ant is an effort to individually track all the ants on Earth. Q: Aren't there a lot of ants out...
Don Steinberg
Nov 2, 2019
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More Films Based on Classic Albums
Suspiria director Luca Guadagnino says he plans to make a film based on the Bob Dylan album Blood on the Tracks. Movies based on classic...
Don Steinberg
Apr 20, 2019
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LEGO Star Wars Movie Plot Builder
(from issue #10)
don1steinberg
May 15, 2018
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The Real Dirty Female Comedians of the Cold War Era
Billboard in 1961 ran a news item about comedian Belle Barth's move to a new record label. The article called her "the queen of the...
Don Steinberg
Apr 14, 2018
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