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Mad Men has never been a particularly upbeat program.  Its main characters constantly struggle with their own foibles and shortcomings, oft...

In the wake of dishy insider accounts recently reported in The New York Times Magazine and The Washington Post of last summer's debt c...

"My God, so square you've got corners." Megan Draper to Don Draper Long time Mad Men viewers have been caught short in Seaso...

In seasons past, the theme of mortality was dealt with at the margins of Mad Men .  Grandpa Gene died, but he was old.  Don was advised by h...

In sports, referees and umpires are doing their best when they are unnoticed, or so the saying goes. While Chief Justice Roberts famously co...

The fifth season of Mad Men opened with all the subtlety of a jackhammer and all the nuance of a steamroller.  A protest outside the office...

In 1971, when Bob Short absconded to Texas with the second iteration of the Washington Senators, I was still in diapers and therefore oblivi...

Politicians and commentators alike argue that one of the main reasons the GOP nomination is not only still up in the air, but may result in ...

President Nixon is generally credited with the observation that to win the Presidency, a candidate must lock down his base during the primar...