Professional Critic

Reader, we've heard so much from Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf about the "secret sauce" that makes our town special, but no one s...

The bar is so low--it's basically on the ground--but it's a glimmer of hope for Ferguson: today, a federal judge declared the '...

It's been over a year since I've written here but good news! I still want to talk about teevee. And other stuff. But mostly tv. Fa...

There's so much internet hand-wringing about whether blogging is dead and I always say it isn't but look at me! Pathetic. Anyway, he...

Happy nearly summer, reader! What are we watching over here at chez Professional Critic? 1. Kittens! Better than any show or book is a cat...

Reader, while you're all caught up with your brackets and your sweet sixteens, I'm dealing with some March Madness of my own: vermin...

Reader, in the aftermath of the Steubenville rape trial an alarming phenomenon has come to light. Some young gentlemen have a very narrow vi...