Everyone else in the blogosphere from CJR to Billmon to TalkLeft to Digby has discussed Hunter Thompson’s death, so I won’t, except to say that I read most of what he wrote for Rolling Stone back in the 1970s. Billmon’s post, however, reminded me that most of Thompson’s articles were accompanied by illustrations from Ralph …
With all the news about steroids, you might think there’s not a lot of good news about baseball this year as spring training begins. Well, you’d be wrong. As evidence, I offer the section of the Washington Post devoted to the area’s new team, the Nationals (or Nats, as some are calling them). Day One, …
“There was hope of a secular Iraq, even after the occupation. That hope is fading fast.” So concludes Riverbend, in yesterday’s post. How does she arrive at that conclusion? It?s not about a Sunni government or a Shia government- it?s about the possibility of an Iranian-modeled Iraq. Many Shia are also appalled with the results …
If you haven’t seen this clip yet, you should. Click here. It’s a WinMedia File that lasts about 10 minutes.
I’ve been watching “Lost” since it started. Part of it is sheer parochial fun; trying to identify the Hawai’i locations the production company uses (mostly in the flashbacks). But I haven’t been as hooked on a television program since the heyday of “Hill Street Blues.” I think it’s the ensemble aspect of it that interests …
Like maps? Try The Map Room, a blog about maps. If you want to draw one from scratch, there are some software suggestions from readers. Then there’s the second meeting of The Skeptics’ Circle. What’s that? The Skeptics’ Circle is a biweekly carnival for bloggers who apply critical thought to questionable stories. Subjects include frequently …
In light of these remarks from Chairman Greenspan, it’s instructive to read this article by Greg Anrig, Jr., pointing out that on Social Security, Alan Greenspan (Maestro, as Woodward’s book called him) has no clothes. Over the past two decades, Greenspan has repeatedly argued that Reagan’s “ironclad commitment” should be broken. Year after year, he …
The Kyoto protocol took effect today without the United States, which just happens to be one of the major contributors to the climate change problem. Here’s a point which will undoubtedly not change the Bush Administration’s (or the US Senate’s) mind, but might give a few of them pause: Those who remain in denial about …
Tigger is strutting around this morning, even though she didn’t watch Carlee win last night.
Whatever I think of the blogosphere’s excesses in attacking Jeff Gannon (the phony White House correspondent) and Eason Jordan of CNN, I think this behavior by a Tulsa newspaper is outrageous. The paper has sent a “Cease and Desist” letter to a local blogger demanding that he immediately remove any Tulsa World material from your …