Archive for December, 2008
I Was Wrong About Howard Wolfson
During the primary campaign, I assumed that Howard Wolfson was a soulless flack. Only useful for spouting spin-drivel whose sole purpose was to lubricate the mighty machine of cable news.
Let me here state that I was wrong. People are not to be defined solely by their public persona. What drove my change of heart? In [...]
Read All Instructions Before Beginning Work
This post on the infamous “no brown M&M’s clause in Van Halen’s tour rider reminded me of a colleague who used to insert the following into reports:
I’m Such An Atlantic Fan-Boy
Jeffery Goldberg doesn’t post a lot, but when he does it is usually a killer.
Put this under the category of things I could never get away with.
Wouldn’t You Like to Be a Martyr Too?
While this is certainly a tragedy, what struck me most about it is that Sarah Palin immediately made it something that was all about her.
There was an implicit assumption that the reason her former church was involved in arson was as retribution for her God-following ways. A sense of persecution, of suffering in God’s name, [...]
Look For The Union Label
Mmmm, I doubt that the market for bankers and insurance workers looking for work is really good right now. Go ahead, cap their pay, let them leave. After all, these are entrepreneurs right? Let them ply their trade.
Sometimes Life Isn’t Fair
Not only has this bird:
been written about in the New York Times Magazine, he’s also a far better dancer than I am.
Who said white birds can’t dance, anyway?
Megan Gets In The UAW’s Shorts
In the endless pursuit of single-source blame, Ms. McCardle takes the UAW to task:
It’s Poetry Day
Over at T-NC’s place.
I don’t know from poetry, so get the knowledge from the right people.
I Thought This Was From The Onion
But nope, this is really, really true.
When you can’t tell satire from reality, something is going seriously wrong in the world.
Update Here’s the picture that Hicks referred to. I still don’t have a good blogger brain, or I would have put it up in the first place. I love the Davis/Nixon reference. Cracked me up.
Colin Powell is a Very Smart Man
I wasn’t one of those who cracked on the man for the U.N. speech. I think he was more deceived than duplicitous. The Frontline special Bush’s War makes a good case for exactly how pissed Powell was by what happened.
More recently, I think that he has been one of the leading voices of reason (sorry, [...]