I have a question for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. It’s about this quote: “I do agree that fundamentally America has an economy that is strong,” he said. “America’s great strength is its diversity, its hard work, its good … Continue reading
Maybe we really do live in a country of fools. I’ve been arguing against it for years. Every time President Bush said something idiotic and polling showed that we didn’t mind, I gave America a pass and blamed the media … Continue reading
This is one of those things that’s Brennen’s fault. I’m pretty sure I found out about Dresden Codak from his LinkDump, and if I’m remembering correctly, it was a link to the Childhood’s End strip near the end of the … Continue reading
Former President Reagan political director and campaign director of Mike Huckabee’s failed presidential primary bid is telling us that we made a mistake in not picking Hilary Clinton as the VP nominee! Clearly, we should listen. If Obama had done … Continue reading
Indeed. “She was so down-to-earth, a regular person,” says Peters. “She hasn’t been in politics her whole life, so she isn’t jaded or tainted. And I love that she’s a mom. Yes, I disagree with some of her positions, but … Continue reading
Common debate: Has the Surge been successful or hasn’t it? Uncommon response: This is the wrong debate. Perhaps it’s just the oversimplification of the way we discuss things in this country, but I’m dismayed at how misguided the entire Iraq … Continue reading
Conventions – any conventions – are strange affairs. They’re little bubbles of groupthink, bringing out the most extreme tendencies of whatever niche has found hotels and rooms to hold them. No one convention is weirder than the other. It’s all … Continue reading
I apparantly have Ursula on the brain today. Her quiet but passionate response to Ghibli’s adaptation of her Earthsea novels is worth the read, even if you’ve read or seen neither. An excerpt to prove my point: The moral sense … Continue reading
I thought this was sort of interesting: Le Guin has claimed that she doesn’t feel Rowling “ripped her off”, but that she felt that the books were overpraised for supposed originality, and that Rowling “could have been more gracious about … Continue reading
I’m not sure how many of you got to watch Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog when it hit a couple of months ago, but if you didn’t you should make the time and check it out. It’s 45 minutes long and … Continue reading