September 2, 2005 Archive

Politics

• Mandatory New Orleans Evac Order Came at President's Request

  Why did the Mayor of New Orleans and the Governor of LA suddenly order the mandatory evacuation of the city? The answer will surprise you.

  Opinion in Politics — by David Flanagan — on Sep 02, 2005

• Give Bush A Break, He Was Busy

  Opinion in Politics — by John A. Conley — on Sep 02, 2005

• Lack of Bush Eloquence Imperils Hurricane Victims

  Satire in Politics — by Z.Z. Bachman — on Sep 02, 2005

• Getting Those Priorities Straight

  More than 40,000 homes are destroyed in New Orleans, and President Bush singles out one.

  Opinion in Politics — by Terry Turner — on Sep 02, 2005

• Hurricane Katrina: George Bush And The Party Of “I DON’T CARE”

  The city of New Orleans is in ruins. Meanwhile George Bush has scheduled some more face-time before the cameras.

  Opinion in Politics — by Balletshooz — on Sep 02, 2005

• What is it with Democrats who like to Dance on the Dead?

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Sep 02, 2005

• Helms Compares Abortion to 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

  The media gives Helms a free pass on his hyperbolic comparison.

  News in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Sep 02, 2005

• Screw Politics

  Opinion in Politics — by Justin Cole — on Sep 02, 2005

• Hurricane Katrina: Who's to Blame?

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Sep 02, 2005

• Crisis in New Orleans: What Lesson to Learn?

  Is there a lesson to be gleaned from the failures of New Orleans?

  Opinion in Politics — by Bill Wallo — on Sep 02, 2005

• The Pennsylvania Princedom, an American Embarrassment

  Opinion in Politics — by JDCarmine — on Sep 02, 2005

• I Still Won't Contribute to Katrina

  After getting all y'all in a tizzy yesterday, I'm back with more to annoy you.

  Opinion in Politics — by Blunderford — on Sep 02, 2005

• Katrina: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

  For every bad, there's a good. I keep telling myself that.

  Opinion in Politics — by Michele Catalano — on Sep 02, 2005

• I Can't Donate To Katrina

  Fuck Bush and the voters he rode in on -- ironically, the same people who don't want to pay taxes and do want "Government Out of Our Lives."

  Opinion in Politics — by Shark — on Sep 02, 2005

• A Time For Heroes

  Opinion in Politics — by John A. Conley — on Sep 02, 2005

• Let's stop milking Katrina

  Let's leave the TV, refuse to be entertained by people dying before our eyes and donate money to the Red Cross, or someone else that may help.

  Opinion in Politics — by ApathyOnline — on Sep 02, 2005

• Hastert Touches Raw Nerve With Insensitive Comments About Rebuilding New Orleans

  Dennis Hastert, Compassionate Conservative ...

  News in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Sep 02, 2005

• Unfortunate Rumors From on the Ground Near New Orleans; May be the Worst Natural Disaster in U.S. History

  News in Politics — by Chris Franklin — on Sep 02, 2005

• Looters: Hunting for the only food there is

  A Daily Kos poll suggests that officials should open up the stores and release the food and medicine. Time is of the essence.

  Opinion in Politics — by anonyMoses — on Sep 02, 2005

Culture

• What Would Rational People Do?

  A short quiz...

  Opinion in Culture — by RJ Elliott — on Sep 02, 2005

• The Global Community Responds To Katrina

  Honestly, I'm touched...

  News in Culture — by RJ Elliott — on Sep 02, 2005

• PODCAST: From inside the Astrodome with the Hurricane Katrina homeless

  News in Culture — by Temple Stark — on Sep 02, 2005

• Salvage Me

  Whenever storms hit the coast the effects we feel in Jackson are minimal. This is no longer true.

  News in Culture — by Dew — on Sep 02, 2005

• Google's Big Idea

  Opinion in Culture — by Russell Buckley — on Sep 02, 2005

• The Bright Side: At Least it Wasn't the Earthquake

  Katrina is a tragedy, but it's not the one we were expecting, and the earthquake is still coming.

  Opinion in Culture — by Dave Nalle — on Sep 02, 2005

• Lessons From Katrina - Maybe You And I Are Responsible, Too

  Opinion in Culture — by Laura Young — on Sep 02, 2005

• Katrina: Impact on National Economy Might Be "Limited"

  News in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 02, 2005

• Foreclosure May Loom for Love

  Rocker-actress Courtney Love may lose her New York condo and everything inside it if Mercury Capital has its way.

  News in Culture — by Mr. Real Estate — on Sep 02, 2005

• Day By Day for September 02, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for September 02, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Sep 02, 2005

• Hurricane Katrina - This Time It's Personal

  Opinion in Culture — by Joan Hunt — on Sep 02, 2005

• Cross Link Community Church loves ugly people

  "We love ugly people" What kind of advertisement for a church is this?

  Opinion in Culture — by Al Barger — on Sep 02, 2005

Video

• Poll Results: The Best Comic Inspired Film This Year Is:

  Opinion in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 02, 2005

• Review: Serenity

  Review in Video — by Joshua Sharf — on Sep 02, 2005

• Where The Truth Lies Trailer: Triangles Abound!

  I think Bridget Jones will be quite jealous of Darcy in this one...

  Review in Video — by Drew Feinberg — on Sep 02, 2005

• Prison Break Fun! with teletart: another review for the pile

  Review in Video — by teletart — on Sep 02, 2005

• The Great Movies: The 400 Blows

  Review in Video — by Scott C. Smith — on Sep 02, 2005

• What Are You Going To Do With An Old Pair of Red Shoes?

  Opinion in Video — by Tony Figueroa — on Sep 02, 2005

• Review - Blade: Trinity

  This is two hours of goofy make-up and overacting – no, I’m not talking about Desperate Housewives.

  Review in Video — by Nehring — on Sep 02, 2005

• Review: Into The West

  Fans of the Harry Potter series can look forward to the second well-directed movie in the series

  Review in Video — by Richard Marcus — on Sep 02, 2005

• Review: The Secret of My Succe$s, Zeitgeist of the 80s

  There were real corporate issues in the 80s -- but this movie, starring Michael J. Fox, isn't about them...

  Review in Video — by DrPat — on Sep 02, 2005

• New Movie Releases: 9/2/05

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 02, 2005

• Video Review: "Everything Sounds Like Coldplay Now"

  Review in Video — by Marty Dodge — on Sep 02, 2005

• Blogcritics Break It Down For Prison Break

  Review in Video — by Eric Berlin — on Sep 02, 2005

• Review: Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing

  A documentary about the basics of film editing has little appeal for anybody except novice students.

  Review in Video — by Film Cynic — on Sep 02, 2005

• About Last Night... Wednesday and Thursday

  The new column about last night's television shows.

  Review in Video — by Matt Maltese — on Sep 02, 2005

• Review: Godzilla vs. Megaguirus DVD

  The most enjoyable Godzilla film in about 20 years.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Sep 02, 2005

• Review: House, M.D. Season 1 DVD

  Review in Video — by Diane Kristine Wild — on Sep 02, 2005

Books

• Book Review: The Fallacy Detective

  Review in Books — by Lennie — on Sep 02, 2005

• Book Review: Scalia Dissents

  Review in Books — by Lennie — on Sep 02, 2005

• Book Review: Looking for Jake

  A collection of dark tales that fuse contemporary, modern culture with nightmarish visions of the fantastic.

  Review in Books — by Bill Wallo — on Sep 02, 2005

• Newsweek on Sinatra: 40 Years Ago

  As Frank Sinatra was about to turn 50, Newsweek put the Chairman of the Board on the cover...

  Opinion in Books — by Bryce Zabel — on Sep 02, 2005

• Book Review: Cinematic Storytelling

  A well-designed reference guide to the non-narrative techniques of telling a story on film.

  Review in Books — by Bill Wallo — on Sep 02, 2005

• Book Review: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2: Revelations (2002)

  Review in Books — by Jonathan Zabel — on Sep 02, 2005

• Interview with Justin Murphy, author of The Anti-Hero's Journey and Dothan

  He concluded I was an unfocused teenie-bopper even though he never bothered to take a look at my writing.

  Interview in Books — by Parker Owens — on Sep 02, 2005

• Mirror Anguished Reflection

  Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1932, Sylvia Plath began her writing career at the age of eight, when the Boston...

  Opinion in Books — by DL Ennis — on Sep 02, 2005

Music

• Brian Wilson Smiles In Portland

  Review in Music — by Scott C. Smith — on Sep 02, 2005

• Mariah Carey Sings the Prince Songbook

  Here then is my modest proposal for an album of Mariah Carey singing Prince.

  Opinion in Music — by Al Barger — on Sep 02, 2005

• Classic Albums: Neu! - Neu!

  The sounds of swishing water begin "I'm Gluck," and soon a droning reverberation (which feels as if it's been there, underlying everything, at the album's spine the whole time thus far) resumes the venture (by boat rather than car this time) through a landscape of dreams. You can virtually see the twilight setting, feeling as if you're fading away from the world, and just when you're about to fall off asleep…the crass sound of a pNEUmatic drill suddenly blows that peacefulness into smithereens.

  Review in Music — by Cian Traynor — on Sep 02, 2005

• R.L. Burnside Dies at 78 and The Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Sep 02, 2005

• Streaming the Celebrity Pilots

  News in Music — by Robert Duffy — on Sep 02, 2005

• Eagerly Anticipating Boards of Canada's The Campfire Headphase

  It doesn't take long to become familiar with the image of the duo laboriously recording their work, hidden from sight in a bunker while living in the remains of a commune in some secret, rural location. The world of "Turquoise Hexagon Sun," as we may perceive it, is a kaleidoscope of desolate green pastures, ice-cold seas, abandoned lighthouses, and a horizon of serene blue skies. Somewhere in the belly of a forest near Scotland's Pentland hills, hallucinogenics are being consumed around a bonfire, their music the soundtrack to the experience.

  Opinion in Music — by Cian Traynor — on Sep 02, 2005

• Katrina: Recording Academy Donates $1 million

  News in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 02, 2005

• Classic Album: Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

  Tthere's a certain dark, mysterious jubilance throughout Tom Waits' "Rain Dogs."

  Review in Music — by Cian Traynor — on Sep 02, 2005

• Fats Domino Lost and Found in New Orleans; He Was the First Rock 'n Roll I Ever Heard

  Opinion in Music — by Adam Ash — on Sep 02, 2005

• R.L. Burnside: Nov 21, 1926 - Sep 1, 2005

  Fat Possum recording artist R.L. Burnside died yesterday in Memphis. I hope he is in heaven sitting down.

  News in Music — by John Owen — on Sep 02, 2005

• The Friday Morning Listen

  The World's Greatest Bar Band Returns.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Sep 02, 2005

• Song to Destroy Towns By

  Opinion in Music — by Murphy — on Sep 02, 2005

Sports

• Futon Report: Closer look at closers (AL)

  Lookin' at bullpens of contending teams. Join me in laughing at the Red Sox (PART 2 of 2)

  Review in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Sep 02, 2005

Sci/Tech

• I Don't Do Periods

  Take some Midol, guys, and come back when you're not so... disagreeable.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by DrPat — on Sep 02, 2005

• Friday femmes fatales No 21

  Where are all the female bloggers? Here, in my weekly "top ten" collection.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Natalie Bennett — on Sep 02, 2005

• An Online Writer's Community

  New online writer's community: vital, growing, indispensable resource for writers

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Joy Renee — on Sep 02, 2005

• Why the Left Loves Katrina

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by John Bill — on Sep 02, 2005

• Carbon Nanotubes, the Evolution of Hydrocarbons?

  For the last 160 odd years we have been using carbon as a medium to store our hydrogen fuel. We called this method of H2 storage "fossil fuels".

  News in Sci/Tech — by Mike Johnston — on Sep 02, 2005

Tastes

• The Call of the Crunch Berry

  I stared at them, stunned. Kids, I said, I know Crunch Berries, and these are no Crunch Berries.

  Opinion in Tastes — by Psychedelic Pariah — on Sep 02, 2005