The founding fathers envisioned what they called “citizen legislators.” People would serve their term and then go back home and resume their regular jobs. They would roll over in their graves if they saw what the government has turned into, with members of Congress spending decades in office, and many…

Interview with Kal Penn

Born Kalpen Suresh Modi in Montclair, New Jersey, on April 23, 1977, Kal Penn graduated from the Freehold Regional High School District’s Performing Arts High School, attended the Governor’s School for the Arts, and received a degree from the prestigious School of Theater, Film and…

An exquisite upscale sports bar, 381 Main sure knows how to throw a great autumnal Saturday beer bash. Inviting every Jersey microbrewery to bring sixtels, kegs or bottles of their finest offerings for a sunny October afternoon shindig proved to be quite successful, as local patrons, eager beer geeks…

There’s a great moment in the first-ever documentary on The Hollies, Look Through Any Window 1963-1975 (Eagle Rock Entertainment/Reelin’ In The Years Productions) where Graham Nash “discovered the ‘60s,” according to the liner notes of Ben Fong-Torres. Nash had been getting tired of the three-minute pop gems that The…

This past weekend was one of my favorite yearly rituals: Falling back. As much as it means I’ve only just begun to hear how much my wife hates the temperature—and thus, life—I actually really enjoy wintertime. The cold air, seeing your breath, huddling for warmth when the oil runs out,…

Chuck expertly mixes spy action and comedy in its final season

Friday, 8 p.m. (NBC)

Despite its awesomeness, the comic spy series Chuck has been under threat of cancellation ever since it premiered in 2007, and NBC has finally decided to pull the plug after the current season. But…

An analogy: Greece is to Europe what distressed American assets were to the U.S. in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. In 2009, Greece was bailed out of a considerably dire debt (deepening over the course of a decade before the crash) by its wealthier neighbors. The rationale for…

When the Tea Party first started holding rallies back before the last presidential election, it was a good idea encompassing a people’s revolt against the current state of affairs in Washington D.C. However, it has since morphed into an ultra right-wing branch of the Republican Party, with Sarah Palin as…

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas

Warner Brothers

Rated R for drug use, crude humor, pervasive profanity, graphic sexuality, frontal nudity and violence.

Holiday-Themed Sequel Features “Pot”-pourri Of Stoner Hijinks

As with Cheech and Chong’s string of classic stoner comedies of a generation ago, it looks like longevity…

While various Octoberfests celebrate Germany’s greatest bohemian tradition and the Great American Beer festival boasts enormous participation amongst thousands of beer geeks and hundreds of brewers, the smaller Asbury Park Beerfest took a few steps towards significance in its first annual event. Held at Asbury Park’s Convention Center on…