I thought I had seen it all until the NYC toy fair unveiled this Bernie Madoff doll.     Don’t you want a lecherous thief in your toy collection?  Is the halloween costume next?

“Street” artist and pop culture appropriator Shepaird Fairey is getting sued by the Assoc. Press for using an image of Obama he didn’t license.   The original image shot by Manny Garcia for the AP is under copyright ownership by AP.    (You can bet poor Manny didn’t get more than a standard day rate (300 bucks)…

After a moving weekend of concerts and speeches I watched with zillions of people around the world as Obama took office yesterday.    Feeling uplifted and even weeping occasionally I felt inspired like so many others.     After a spectacular and somewhat patriotic concert (that HBO paid for), it really is clear that Obama embraces…