Have no doubt. This man is in charge. Check out this Reuters article about Chachi’s triumphant return to television. Did you know his most recent movie was “Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2″? I did not.

HBO’s “The Wire” is the best drama on television, in this reporter’s opinion. Here’s a Baltimore Sun article (registration required) from last weekend on the real-life people, places and events that appear in the series. If you’re from Baltimore, you probably know most of this stuff. If you’re from New York, it’s refreshing to read [...]

The AP’s Shawn Pogatchnik has an update on the $42 million bank robbery in Belfast. Some hints at the amount of planning that went into the job: “Police said they suspect the robbers also trimmed their hair to reduce the chance of dropped strands. The gunmen burned [a bank employee's] car to destroy DNA.”

From Tom Scocca’s Off the Record column in the 12/27 edition of the New York Observer: “After careful consideration, ‘Off the Record’ is pleased to announce that it has selected Time magazine’s selection of George W. Bush as Person of the Year as Thing-of-the-Year of the Year for 2004.”

The BBC is reporting a bank robbery in Belfast that may be one of the U.K.’s largest heists ever. According to the Beeb, it involved all the makings of a classic, well-executed inside job, including startling efficiency and no loss of life.

Your humble editor was intrigued by comments made by Fox News Channel chairman and CEO Roger Ailes on the state of U.S. journalism schools. (Disclosure: I rock the mic at Columbia University’s fine institution.) Speaking on C-SPAN’s “Q&A” program, Ailes said he has been reluctant to donate to journalism schools. “I was asked by a [...]

Gawker has received several reports of a man who seems to emulate the look, the wayfarers and yes even the hairstyle of Rod Stewart. He was recently spotted in Brooklyn.