I went into an Italian-dominant deli today to make a few small purchases.

On the door of the freezer was a sign saying "perogies for sale."

"Perogies?!" I told the clerk. "How would you feel if the Ukrainian delis started selling frozen ravioli?"

She had no response, which is appropriate, because the store's position is indefensible.

The next thing you know, Japanese stores will be offering chorizo, Latin stores will be selling nori and there will be souvlaki booths at Chinese street festivals (actually, the latter has already happened).

Maureen Dowd is a gifted writer who comes up with some curious opinions. According to Salon, an excerpt from her new book Are Men Necessary: When Sexes Collide provoked some unflattering reaction from feminist bloggers over the weekend.

That left me feeling vindicated for posts like this.

Anyway, New York magazine has profiled Ms. Dowd.

This IHT story looks at al-Jazeera's efforts to sell its new English-language international service.

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I went to see Good Night and Good Luck last week, and am happy to report that it's a fine film.

To learn a bit more about the times in which it occurred, read this AP story on CTV.ca: 'Good Night' accurate but out of context: Critics.

 

After reading this post, you'll probably think I made it up, but I didn't: NBC is going to make its nightly newscast available on its website starting Nov. 7.

How do they come up with ideas like that?

"Many of our viewers tell me they often miss the broadcast because they're not at home or tending to their busy lives and families," anchor Brian Williams said. "This new service reflects the fact that the pace of our lives has changed."

There will be a three-hour delay between the end of the broadcast and when the online video will be available -- plenty o' time to attend to the demands of those busy lives.

Honestly, it just never occurred to me that in 2005, you could use the web in that way: Putting up video for people to see at their leisure.

This old world just keeps on changing.

Pity the poor cut-rate, cutthroat retailing giant. It's turning to professional pols to try and restore its lustre with consumers -- especially in the face of the upcoming Robert Greenwald documentary Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price.

The doc will screen in T.O. at the Bloor on Nov. 15 (rsvp here; H/T to Paved).

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The prosperous but semi-authoritarian city-state of Singapore thinks there are bigger problems than low press freedom rankings.

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