· To hell with "sensitivity": Harper's reprints an article from 1890 (when Lewis Lapham was just an associate editor) about Nasr'-ed-Din El Khojah, the Muslim world's top comedian. [Harper's]

· New York meets the Fabulous Sheffield Boys, the proprietors of the Dan Rather anti-fan site, Ratherbiased.com. [NYM]

· Spike TV president Albie Hecht is leaving the cable network over (say it with us now) "creative differences." Doug Herzog is likely to replace him as CSI rerun selector. [Reuters]

· New York courtrooms are so crowded, no one goes there anymore. Yogi Berra sues TBS over "yogasm" ads for Sex and the City. [The Smoking Gun]

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