Paul Waldman hits Tim Russert where I’d like to. Waldman cites an episode during a Democratic candidates’ debate at which Russert asks Obama “what’s your favorite Bible verse?” I thought at the time it was a silly question, not worth a candidate’s time answering. Waldman agrees and extrapolates: When Obama finished his answer, Russert said …
What point is this bumper sticker trying to make? Seen in a Safeway parking lot today.
Overnight I dreamt that I was driving down a road which looked suspiciously like Kamehameha Highway (the main drag at the bottom of my hill) heading toward the freeway. The directional signs for the freeway had names of various Mid-Atlantic states, though, rather than the Hawai’i ones one normally sees on that road. In fact, …
In my limited exposure to Bruce Springsteen, I think Backstreets is the best song he ever wrote. Discuss. (In my defense I’ll say that the only album I have of his is Hammerstein Odeon London ’75)
How could one forget Rocky Mountain High?
This Ian Tyson song mentions Colorado in its first verse. I saw Judy Collins perform at the University of Arizona back in 1968; I don’t remember whether she sang this song then or not, but I’ve always loved it. I’ve always thought she and Joan Baez had the purest voices of any of the Sixties-Seventies …
I found a bargain copy of The Band’s Greatest Hits a while back. This song is off the eponymous brown album.
The worst thing about the Red Sox victory in the World Series from my perspective is that it will reinforce ESPN’s view that there are only two teams in baseball worth covering. My only question is how soon will the “Sox win!” story be overtaken by the “Alex Rodriguez sweepstakes!” story?
2006 St. Louis 4, Detroit 1 2005 Chi. White Sox 4, Houston 0 2004 Boston 4, St. Louis 0 2003 Florida 4, NY Yankees 2 2002 Anaheim 4, San Francisco 3 2001 Arizona 4, NY Yankees 3 2000 NY Yankees 4, NY Mets 1 Those are the results of the World Series so far in …
In an interview with Ezra Klein at The American Prospect, Paul Krugman adds dressing to the discussion I pulled from Phillips’s book below: Well I think the outrage is starting to happen now. It takes a while, and part of it is just people ? I have the sense that a lot people don’t understand …