Apparently, not even Fox News is going to pick up the Washington Times “scoop” regarding the fact that some Security Council ambassadors don’t remember meeting John Kerry. This is only somewhat suprising; establishing that John Kerry doesn’t talk to the UN enough isn’t really part of the Republican strategy this year, and for good reason. Rather, […]
Since my morning appointment has been cancelled (received the phone call just as I was getting my coffee, so no chance to go back to bed), I’m sitting in my office with nothing to do. Since I
How bad is it when the story of 380 tons of lost explosives can’t even make a blip on my outrage meter? Really, what could these people do that they haven’t already done? If someone wrote
Maybe it’s not quite as satisfying as Stewart on Crossfire, but it’s close: Lawrence O’Donnell finally speaks truth to Smear Boat Scumbag John O’Neill. I’m scared that Digby is right that O’Donnell may find speaking engagements on cable screamfests harder to come by in the future. But what can one do? We have a lie-packed book, written […]
Nice catch by Matt Duss. For all that we were worried about the journalistic black hole that a Houston-Boston World Series would have precipitated, Bush actually has a much closer relationship with B
Another of the American Conservative articles is an endorsement of the Constitution (sic) Party’s candidate by founder Howard Phillips. One advantage of supporting a no-hope candidate is the po
Given the paucity of options for principled reactionaries, the editors of The American Conservative gave individual endorsements rather than a collective one. (Remarkable times; even Marty Peretz didn’t insist on writing a separate endorsement for Bush when his editors supported Kerry.) The most perceptive comes from Justin Raimondo, who correctly identifies the Buchaninite reactionary in the race: […]
Generally, the assumption that a tribute album will suck is as safe as assuming that a David Brooks column will be insipid hackery, and the rare exceptions are not likely to include “Werewolves
Today, I showed The Battle of Algiers to my Military Intervention class. I was thinking about skipping out; a film doesn’t really require my presence beyond an intial hit of the “play̶
Maybe Ted Barlow is being a bit unfair–why look at this gem of insight today from Mickey Kaus: Prodigal star Nation columnist Christopher Hitchens has returned to that magazine’s pages with a short essay on why he would “slightly prefer” that President Bush win the election. But just try to find it from The Nation’s home page. […]
It has been duly noted that John Kerry recently received the influential and crucial endorsement of Joss Whedon (a moment of silence, please, for Jonah Goldberg, as his “conservatism is ascende
Brad and Matt are having a conversation that I absolute must comment on. My inner nerd demands it. Brad Delong, thinking outside the box, concludes that Neville Chamberlain made a mistake in standing