How ’bout them negative ads? Do they work? Depressingly, yes. “Politics is about putting your best foot forward and putting the other person in the worst light,” Mr. Goldstein said. “Do we expect someone who’s advertising to say, `You know, I really don’t want to put this person’s record in the worst light because that’s …
How the heck did I miss Frontline the other night? I knew the subject was gonna be the music business, and I still missed it! Fool! Oh, well, it’s available online. (Note to self: broadband is becoming a necessity; take advantage of special offer from Verizon.) Here’s a lovely quote from David Crosby, talking about …
Twain’s War Prayer is quite something. I found it over in the comments at N’s place. There’s no good pull quote; you’ll have to read the entire thing to get the full meaning, but here’s the short version: “Great. You ask Me to bless your work as your shells rip the enemy to shreds, leave …
Photo credit: Rick Latoff / American Battle Monuments Commission Here’s a guide to the celebrations for the opening of the World War 2 Memorial this weekend. My Dad and Uncle are listed in the registry, and we contributed to the construction fund.
Here are some oddities from the world of science reported this week: your doctor’s ties may be bacteria vectors. One more reason to see a doctor only if he or she wears aloha attire. Then there’s this item: the hippopotamus, it’s learned, has developed its own method of blocking UV rays; it’s called sweat. And …
I haven’t been off this island since 1992, and that was only to Kona (see The Purple Moose for details about that part of the state). I always used to take driving vacations; the last time I rented a car in Phoenix and headed East towards New Mexico. I sure wish I’d known about this …
Today is our last day of keeping Nielsen diaries, thank God. This is the second time in six months we’ve been selected to do this (something which was quite a surprise to the follow-up caller from the company; she said she’d never heard of the same family being chosen twice in such a short period), …
Interior administers the contracts for civilian interrogators in Iraq??? What’s more, legal experts say, contractors for nonmilitary agencies such as the Department of the Interior may be able to escape prosecution for crimes they commit overseas because of an apparent loophole in the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act. The law, passed in 2000, applies only to …
“What did the president know and when did he know it?” a Republican senator — Howard Baker of Tennessee — famously asked of Nixon 30 springtimes ago. [snip] Having read the report of Major Gen. Antonio Taguba, I expect Baker’s question will resound again in another congressional investigation. The equally relevant question is whether Republicans …
I don’t think it’s accurate to describe America as polarized between Democrats and Republicans, or between liberals and conservatives. It’s polarized between the people who believe George Bush and the people who do not. Thanks to some contested ballots in a state governed by the president’s brother, a once-proud country has been delivered into the …