David Zucker sees threats to America and Israel mounting, and he believes the Democrats are unable or unwilling to confront those challenges, so he has decided to go public with his belief that the Democrats have lost their way.
But at least I\’m succeeding at one thing: sloth. Yes, one of the quote/unquote seven deadly sins can actually be viewed as a virtue — no, a lifestyle program, according to Wendy Wasserstein\’s new book, \”Sloth: The Seven Deadly Sins\” (The New York Library/Oxford, 2005).
On the sunny porch of his Santa Monica cottage, a scruffy-looking Harry Shearer, Los Angeles\’ preeminent satirist, is describing his fascination with an all-male power retreat called the Bohemian Grove. It began about nine years ago when the caustic, 58-year-old humorist started interviewing Grove guests — and hookers — about the super-exclusive Northern California resort. The interviews eradicated every conspiracy theory he\’d had about the place: \”These guys aren\’t micromanaging the world,\” says Shearer, best known for voicing myriad \”Simpsons\” characters and for his National Public Radio program, \”Le Show.\”
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