She'll Be Right (out Of The Picture), Mate

DONALD HORNE, who died on Thursday, was Australia's Cassandra. Like Cassandra, Horne was doomed to be the prophet whose predictions came true and who was believed by no one. At least, no one of importance.

Homer's Prophet And Loss

WHAT is there left to say about The Simpsons, the innovative television comedy that helped to define the culture of the '90s, and whose characters are now as firmly fixed in the popular imagination as any that Disney or Warner Bros ever dreamed up? Simply that the claim, sometimes heard, that Matt Groening's animated series has lost its satirical edge is false.