R.I.P. to Molly, who had the sharpest wit of any columnist I’ve ever read and aimed it at the people who deserved it most. She died of inflammatory breast cancer Wednesday at 62. I don’t remember when I first read one of her columns. I do know it wasn’t in the Texas Observer (many many …
Going off to an office and doing paperwork most of the day has given me a new appreciation for those bloggers who have full-time jobs and still manage to post good long pieces every day. I get home, make dinner, watch The News Hour, go back to the computer to read a few things, and …
Our miserable power-hungry President has just decreed (that’s the right word; he did it by Executive Order) that all Federal agencies henceforth must have political appointees at their head. This is ostensibly to ensure that all costs have been weighed against the benefits of any regulations the agencies might enact. Typically, agencies issue regulations under …
If you’ve watched any ESPN at all the past few days it’s been a little hard to miss the Winter X Games. I admit I didn’t watch any of them, but you couldn’t help but see highlights on SportsCenter at some point. Will someone please explain how or why there’s such an event as Snowmobile …
I was minding my own business reading a book and listening to Saturday’s edition of All Things Considered when I looked up and saw this guy not three feet away.
The place I’m working has a two-wide car lift within the building. I’ve seen these in Japan, but never here. It’s kinda like driving into an automated car wash; pull up till the front tires fall into a recess on a mechanical plate, get out, go push the start button, and watch the car rise …
Atrios has done a great public service in listing books he thinks have informed the “netroots’” view of the media. He includes Alterman, Haynes Johnson, Conason/Lyons, Marvin Kalb, David Brock, Wolcott and Boehlert, among others. Like Atrios, I haven’t read them all, although at least five are on my shelves. They provide a narrative (not …
Er, I don’t get it. I went up to the local military hospital to get a new prescription filled today. Apparently the Army is at ThreatCon “Alpha,” which means every visitor has to have his/her ID checked. I was one of the lucky ones who had to get the Army’s random vehicle check, too. That …
One of the commenters at Matt Yglesias’s blog asks a funny question about the mention of the Baby Einstein company’s prominent position in last night’s SOTU speech. Matt suggested it was product placement as a deficit reduction plan. His commenter says: . . . maybe W is planning on selling his stock but wants to …
Shorter GWB: Blah blah they’re coming to get us and we must win in Iraq or we’ll all die. Read the text. Shorter Jim Webb: Economic disparity between rich and poor must be addressed. This reckless and mismanaged war will be stopped, if not by Bush, then by Democrats. Read the text. Watch his entire …