I went to the awards ceremony (looking at the list of honorees, even as an indirect winner, my sense of things was pretty much "what the hell am I doing here?") last night, although since I wasn't a named winner I wasn't charged with the task...
As the new Pew poll causes the right wing of the blogosphere to start flinging their poo again, it's worth recalling that polls reveal all kinds of nutty -- and.
Count me in as a cynic along with Tom Tomorrow regarding this optimistic statement by E.J. Dionne in his review of Al Gore's new book out today. "…the larger change.
Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood debuted 40 years ago today, a few hours before Langston Hughes died from complications following prostate cancer surgery. Rogers, an ordained Presbyterian, chose not to pursue a career in the ministry because he loathed television and wanted to create programming that could "be...
Jill Filipovic points us to this Times article about the new strategy to justify using state coercion to force women to carry pregnancies to term by claiming that women are.
Over at WhirledView, Cheryl Rofer asks a number of extremely important questions about the nature of threats to U.S. security. In particular, she asks them in the context of a.
Hmm, I think I could almost forgive Duke Cunningham sitting around naked in a hot tub filled with polluted water. (Admittedly, this is easier from a distance.) But this is far beyond the pale of human decency:One of these parties started at the Capital Grille with...
Hmm, I didn't know that Salon founder David Talbot was a JFK conspiracy crank. According to Brinkley, his approach seems to be that JFK--like, er, every other president--had factions who.
Beverly Haywood of Juneau doesn't approve:It's time to wrap up the comic strip "Sally Forth" and put her in the recycle bin.I was appalled at Wednesday's comic making light of.
Shockingly enough, the "pro-life case for contraception" continues to fail dismally among actual pro-lifers, as the Missouri legislature (with the strong support of Missouri pro-life, natch) voted down restoring funding for contraception because "it would have amounted to an endorsement of promiscuous lifestyles." Which will mean...
You know that we're really living in bizarre times when a guy as foul as John Ashcroft becomes a pillar of virtue and ethics in government.Its a travesty that impeachment.
In case he doesn't expand this into a post, I think djw's comment on the selling out thread deserves highlighting as similar to my final thoughts on the matter:Jay B..