Reports of the telegram’s death have been greatly exaggerated.
Asides
Beer vs. Coffee
Beer may have given us civilization, but coffee gave us the Enlightenment. Because before that, “the entire culture basically was drunk all day long.”
The Americans
There’s a great new show on FX, The Americans, about a couple of Soviet undercover agents living in the United States in the 1980s. I love the fact that they make the Cold War “enemy” so sympathetic without being ham-fisted about it. Recommended.
ABC’s Zero Hour, by contrast, fails to pull off what should be mindless Nazi/apocalypse conspiracy theory fun because it lacks the sort of great performances and direction that turn a good idea into great television.