Jim Leff's Slog

I'm cursed with street smarts. My first gig out of college was playing the blues in a crack house in a slummy part of Roosevelt, Long ...

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread...

The most delicious thing I ate this week (TMDTIATW) was en route to the most disgusting thing I ate this week (same acronym). My relative...

I started buying stock in SIGA (a firm that's developed an impeccably safe and effective cure for smallpox - including the weaponized...

Ten miles south and across a river from the Indian conclave of Edison, NJ lies a no man's land of central Jersey. It's so nondescrip...

1980-1995: Closeted beer geeks - taste pariahs in a Bud Lite nation - thrill at the chance to sample lots of great beers all in one place. ...

Wow, this is some seriously rich and brilliant comedic stew...and I don't even get most of the insider references. Adding Mel ("oy ...

There's a very interesting Chowhound discussion going on about that cookie video. There are lots of interesting insights, but, most pra...

I just learned something new. Did you know that Mexican Coke - the kind made with cane sugar instead of fructose, which comes in old-fashion...

I've finally completed the video about the great cookies (the trailer was posted a few days ago ). There's a story behind why it...