To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Thursday, November 14, 2024

Observercast

Throwing American Tradition In The Cultural Mixmaster

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BY FROMA HARROP The overnight rating for the Kentucky Derby telecast has slipped again, hitting a six-year low. This was despite NBC’s best efforts to fill the hours with such celebrities as Two and a Half Men star Ashton Kutcher and Debra Messing from Smash. Or was it because of them? A romantic 138-year tradition […]

Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.