Jon Stewart last night: Basically, first-term president Bush, you invaded to remove the threat of Saddam Hussein. And you, current president Bush, are there to battle the threat created by the lack of Saddam Hussein. It’s funny because it’s true.
Investigation Launched Into Rove
About time: The Office of Special Counsel is preparing to jump into one of the most sensitive and potentially explosive issues in Washington, launching a broad investigation into key elements of the White House political operations that for more than seven years have been headed by chief strategist Karl Rove. The new investigation, which will examine the firing of at … Read More
David Halberstam, R.I.P.
The man who first recognized Vietnam as a "quagmire" — years ahead of his fellow journalists and the rest of the country — was killed in a car accident yesterday. A prescient, smart man — he is a voice that should always have been listened to. Here, for example, are his comments just 3 days after 9/11: We are in … Read More
Left Bee-hind?
Another good article, this time in the New York Times, about the strange and sudden disappearance of bees, a phenomenon now being called "colony collapse disorder".
Everything I Know About Women, I Learned From Alyssa Milano
Thank you, Alyssa. Thank you for telling me ten things I don’t know about women. Thank you for reducing your gender into broad overgeneralized stereotypes (and thank you, by the way, for giving me an excuse to post some photos of you): 1. Women are innately self-conscious. This is not a choice; it’s a genderwide condition. On a bad day, … Read More
No Chocolate? Jesus!
This is something that even non-political people can get behind. The FDA wants to take away your chocolate. That’s right. Pending right now is a "citizen’s petition" which would allow chocolate manufacturers (Hershey’s etc.) to use vegatable fats instead of cocoa butter, and still call the result "chocolate". Of course, the "citizens" who submitted this petition are the Chocolate Manufacturers … Read More
Encyclopedia Brown And The Case Of The Missing Bees
This actually troubles me: vanish without a trace. Billions of bees have done just that, leaving the crop fields they are supposed to pollinate, and scientists are mystified about why. The phenomenon was first noticed late last year in the United States, where honeybees are used to pollinate $15 billion worth of fruits, nuts and other crops annually. Disappearing bees … Read More
Sheryl Crow Has Cooties, Apparently
How Laurie David tells it: In his attempt to dismiss us, Mr. Rove turned to head toward his table, but as soon as he did so, Sheryl reached out to touch his arm. Karl swung around and spat, "Don’t touch me." How hardened and removed from reality must a person be to refuse to be touched by Sheryl Crow? Unfazed, … Read More
“Find Out What You’re Going To See Before You See It!”
At the American Reperatory Theatre in Cambridge (Massachusetts — one of the country’s top rep theaters), Mike Daisey’s one-man show/monologue, "Invincible Summer", is getting rave reviews: Even more than most theater artists, Mike Daisey must always rely on the kindness of strangers — or, more precisely, on their intelligence, alertness, and sense of humor. He depends on his audience because … Read More
The Blame Game [UPDATE]
From Cynical-C Blog — this has to be the compelte list: It’s the fault of violent video games. It’s the fault of movies. It’s that no other students were armed. It’s the cowardly students who didn’t rush the shooter. It’s the first victim’s fault. It’s secularism’s fault. It’s the Muslims’ and/or foreigners’ fault. It’s the Atheists’ fault. It’s the fault … Read More
Bam, Bam, Bam, Bam
Very sweeeeeeeet game last night. It wasn’t just the fact that they his four homers in a row (7th time that’s happened in the history of baseball) — it was that 3 of them still haven’t come down yet. Lowell racked up two round-trippers (he’s only has one home run this season so up until last night). Add to that: … Read More
Spiderman: The Broadway Musical
With music and lyrics by Bono and U2. I wish I was kidding. My spidey sense tells meThat something is amissI long for your touchI long for your kiss‘Cause I have youuuuuCaught in the web of my heaaaaartAnd the world around me grows darkerWho am I – just Peter Parker?Oh, I don’t knooooooooowOn Sundaaaay, bloody, SundaaaayOne more in the name … Read More
I Used To Believe
Not to be confused with This I Believe, I Used To Believe is a charming little website that collects childhood beliefs submitted by contributors. Some examples: "I used to believe that there was a magical ingredient in birthday cakes that allowed you to age another year, and that’s why you had to eat it." "I used to think that vanilla … Read More
Overreaction
In the wake of the Virginia Tech murders, the Dean of Student Affairs at Yale University has banned the use of all stage weapons in theatrical productions: In a speech made before last night’s opening show of “Red Noses,” [student director Sarah] Holdren said that {Dean of Student Affairs Betty] Trachtenberg’s decision to force the production to use wooden swords … Read More