Politico reports: Several Republican officials close to Fred Thompson’s presidential campaign said they expect the candidate will drop out of the race within days if he finishes poorly in Thursday’s Iowa caucus. *** “Without a solid third-place finish, there’s no point in going on,” a Thompson adviser said Wednesday. “It was an honorable race, and he turned out to be … Read More
Fact-Checkers Needed At The New York Times
Hey, anyone who can work in information about musicals into an article about politics and history can’t be all bad. But Bob Herbert needs a history lesson. In his New York Time’s piece, he reminisces about the tumultuous year of 1968, which was (obviously) forty years ago: It seems impossible that 1968, the most incredible year of a most incredible … Read More
Oh, Yeah. Another 2008 Movie I’m Anticipating….
Summer 2008: And people forget that Meryl is no stranger to Broadway musicals:
Ironic
The manufacturer of Bubble Wrap (the bubble packaging that you addictively like to pop, squeeze and step on) is complaining about the popping sounds coming from a nearby police shooting range. Seriously.
How The Iowa Caucuses Work
The explanation: The purpose of the caucus vote is to select delegates to attend a county convention — each caucus sends a certain number of delegates, based on the population it represents. The delegates at the county convention in turn select delegates to go to the congressional district state convention, and those delegates choose the delegates that go to the … Read More
Strong Words
In an editorial in today’s New York Times, Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton (the chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the 9/11 commission) outright and openly accuse the CIA and the White House of obstruction: The commission’s mandate was sweeping and it explicitly included the intelligence agencies. But the recent revelations that the C.I.A. destroyed videotaped interrogations of … Read More
The World Would Be A Better Place…
…if all the kids who spent countless hours playing Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock actually picked up an actual guitar and learned to play it.
What’s So Great About Watching A Ball Drop?
You big city folk think yer so fancy with yer dropping mirror ball on New Year’s Eve? Well, that ain’t nuthin’ compared to how we party in the New Year down here in Carolina. No sirree. Betcha didn’t know that over yonder in Mt. Olive, we all celebrate the New Year by dropping a pickle. Yat’s right — a pickle. … Read More
Baby Name Remorse
It happens more often than you think: In a recent poll of 1,219 mothers conducted by BabyCenter.com, 10 percent considered changing their baby’s name. The reasons they gave ranged from being inspired by another name to having a relative disagree with the choice. Regret is common after any big decision, and few prenatal decisions these days are as open to … Read More
Iowa Caucus
The latest news has Clinton and Obama tied at 28 percent, with Edwards at 26 percent. Let me make what will undoubtedly mark the beginning of a long string of inaccurate predictions: Edwards will win Iowa. I say that because they like him there. He’s been campaigning hard, and most importantly, he’s been there before. They remember him from 2004, … Read More