Miscellaneous and Fast

• Wally Bock on The Idiot from Corporate.
• Traveling man: A profile of would-be tropical medicine man Paul Theroux.
• Not Ozzie and Harriet: The trailer for "Raising Arizona."
• Peter Rothberg sees slavery at the dinner table.
• 2Blowhards: Do hard times inspire great art?
• Waiter Rant provides a discussion on chivalry.
• Back by popular demand: James Stewart and a dog named Beau.
• Too late: David Brooks wants political moderation.
• Nostalgia watch: Steve Chapman misses Bill Clinton.
• From John Phillips: A German safety training film that resembles "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." [Not for the faint-hearted.]
• Mark Tooley looks at the Jerry Garcia of Canterbury.