Archive for April, 2008
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008Presidential campaign tip #375: When you’re trying to explain complicated foreign policy stuff to average Americans, you’re going to want to streamline your point a little bit. The best way to do this is by calling things something different from what they are. What sounds a lot like “lying” or “sounding like an idiot” is […]
Sounds like someone’s kind of bitter
Saturday, April 19th, 2008Weird how things work out - after a week of Hillary Clinton gleefully pummeling Obama for using the word “bitter” to describe her best friend, the hypothetical ultimate American, it leaks out that apparently 13 years ago she was saying, “screw ‘em” to the very same guy. And then, just when you think both campaigns […]
Cheney’s the cigarette smoking man!
Friday, April 18th, 2008It’s tempting to say that the White House’s lack of any sort of comprehensive plan for combating terrorism in Pakistan has something to do with the fact that instead of fighting terrorism where it actually exists, America decided to distract itself by inventing a terrorism crisis in a country (Iraq) where it previously hadn’t been […]
Other Music
Friday, April 18th, 2008Today’s New York Times gives a shout-out to my favorite record store. Unfortunately, it’s a shout-out in an article about how record stores were dying, but it’s still cool.
And anyone who’s in the city should go check out Other Music. Don’t go with a specific album you want to buy in mind, just let the […]
We are the ULTIMATE (Rock rockin’ it)
Thursday, April 17th, 2008To Ross Douthat’s condescending dismissal of the entire hip-hop genre, there is only one appropriate response: The Roots.
Cicero Weeps, Part II: Attack of the Brooks
Thursday, April 17th, 2008Via The Washington Independent, evidence that David Brooks doesn’t quite understand the point of a debate.
First, Democrats, and especially Obama supporters, are going to jump all over ABC for the choice of topics: too many gaffe questions, not enough policy questions.
I understand the complaints, but I thought the questions were excellent. The journalist’s job is […]
Cicero Weeps
Thursday, April 17th, 2008I missed the debate last night. Based on the reviews, I’m kind of relieved.
In the meantime, my new Cracked article co-written with the inestimable Erik Carter is up. It’s all about famous people throughout history who suffered really bizarre accidental deaths. Here’s a taste:
Arius was one of the most prominent heretics of early Christianity. Most […]
The Alaskan mink bites again
Thursday, April 17th, 2008Looks like the noose is tightening for Don Young.
The Senate moved yesterday toward asking the Justice Department for a criminal investigation of a $10 million legislative earmark whose provisions were mysteriously altered after Congress gave final approval to a huge 2005 highway funding bill.
In what may become the first formal request from Congress for a […]
IT’S A MAD HOUSE! A MAD HOUSE!!!
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Via Mori Dinauer, the National Review tries its hand at publishing fiction.* It’s a brilliant piece of futuristic sci-fi that starts off with this gem:
William Jefferson Clinton watched the two cheerleaders give him a manicure, and realized he missed Rush Limbaugh.
And then gets more ridiculous from there.
After he got bounced off the U.S. airwaves, Rush […]
So that makes Tim Russert Jan?
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Eric Boehlert has a good analogy.
Question: Is Chris Matthews the Michael Scott of political talk show hosts? And if so, does that make MSNBC the Dunder Mifflin of cable news?
I’m afraid it’s worse than that, though. I’m afraid Chris Matthews might actually be the David Brent of political talk show hosts.