Politics is a demanding and unsentimental profession. We admire some public servants but can quickly sour on them as well.

Once in a while a TV series so great comes along that it leaves everyone either in tears, disbelief or shock. Well, when it comes to Band of Brothers it evokes all of the mentioned emotions, and some ...

When done well, MacGuffins can be useful plot devices to tie in a narrative. When done badly, as in these five examples, the ...