I watched this skit live and it was (in fact the whole episode) one of the funniest things SNL has done in a long time. (Tina Fey is great as Palin but I have never found her writing very funny. SNL has a long way to go to return to […]
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I watched the trailer some time ago. I am not terribly impressed but I got the sense that I would be uptight if facts concerned me, since they apparently don’t trouble Maher very much. Read the NYTimes review. A few snippets below. Kevin Scanlon for The New York Times Bill […]
Or at least that is what they are saying. When is mud not mud? I received this voicemail today from the Obama campaign: Obama Voice Mail
Wired and others are reporting that Gov. Sarah Palin’s email was hacked by the group known as “Anonymous.” Wikileaks has posted much of the material here, where you can see screenshots of her email accounts, etc. I have lots of questions such as why they (Wikileaks? Anonymous?) chose to post […]
If you are paying attention at all to the US political season you are probably already aware of FactCheck.org. This site sifts through all the political mud looking for nuggets of truth. They analyzed Obama’s acceptance speech and McCain’s for example (both were found to have stretched or exaggerated but […]
I am a keen news follower and I have, at various times, commented on the fact that I appreciate Chris Matthews’ Hardball and his approach. You always have a pretty good idea of his views (left-leaning Catholic Democrat from PA) but he is ruthlessly fair about going after his guests, […]
You will all be familiar with the reports that major Iraqi sites had been destroyed by looters and US troops (see the U Chicago OI’s “Lost Treasures from Iraq” site). Well, apparently that may not be quite true. Melik Kaylan reports for the Wall Street Journal: A recent mission to […]
This morning Inside Higher Ed ran a story (What Would Jesus Do (in College) ) that caught my attention. It is a great piece in that it combines two favorite topics, religion and politics. It seems that conservative Intercollegiate Studies Institute has published a college guide called All-American Colleges Top […]
Would it really help? Not if the past implementation of it (under Carter) is any indication. My brother has posted on this and it is worth a read. Gird you loins ladies and gentlemen, the presidential election cycle is about to begin in earnest and we are left without our […]
My brother just texted me the news. This is very sad, he was still very young (58) and one of the best political reporters out there. Let’s face it, most of the political “commentators” on televised news are self-aggrandizing hacks. I never got that feeling about Russert. I will always […]