Seth MacFarlane’s Stirs Up New Trouble -- and Racks Up Another Hit

Josh Dean — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:01:33 -0400

Seth MacFarlane’s $2 Billion Family Guy Empire

Josh Dean — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:45:17 -0400

It's not hard to find someone who delights in attacking the show Family Guy. Which isn't a criticism, per se. Much of the animated sitcom's purpose seems to be to stoke the opposition, to offend the easily offended. But that's not the only reason it annoys people. There is a school of thought that says the show is hackish -- crudely drawn and derivative of its cartoon forebears.

The Personality Behind Online Gaming Site Bodog

Josh Dean — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:35:28 -0400

If you were to ask him yourself, that is, if you could find him in Cuba or Antigua or wherever he's fanning himself with a fistful of $100 bills, Calvin Ayre would want you to know that he is not a fugitive, that no matter what the media or the U.S. government thinks of him, he has broken no laws and thus is not in any way an outlaw, or even a scofflaw. He would tell you this with a straight face, or perhaps an indignant one.