Recently I was listening to Sarah Vowell’s brilliant new non-fiction book, Assassination Vacation, while driving. She said so many things that are funny and insightful, but I particularly perked up when I heard her say this: “I can never decide if Maryland is off-beat or off-putting.” She went on to …
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Book Review: Dreams From My Father
I read Barack Obama's book for my church book discussion group, and I'm really glad I did.
Read More »Satire: Tom Cruise Comes Clean
Satire Alert! Asked to comment, Cruise did what he should not do: He commented.
Read More »Do You Mash?
If you don't listen to Bush singing "Imagine", the terrorists have won.
Read More »Review: The Village
Every village has an idiot, or so the saying goes. And apparently in this village that idiot is M. Night Shyamalan, who went from making the great Sixth Sense to the so-so Unbreakable to this piece of cow manure. The plot is predictable, the story boring. The acting…well, the acting …
Read More »Needed Katrina Humor, Perspectives
I haven’t looked forward to a television show as much as I looked forward to Jon Stewart’s take on Katrina, which ran last night. And wow, it was perfect. Show excerpts, courtesy of the Daily Kos “Now, for you people who are saying “Well, stop pointing fingers at the president…left-wing…the …
Read More »“Censored news” and real news
Every year Project Censored puts out a list of what it considers the most censored important news stories of the year. And apparently I’m not alone in wondering just how a story can be censored when the size of the media changes literally each time someone else starts a blog. …
Read More »Reason #4,922 to Boycott Wal-Mart
As if you need another reason to boycott Wal-Mart, in addition to how it treats its employees, what it does to local businesses, etc. we now have a new reason: Wal-Mart is going to be the exclusive seller for Garth Brooks albums. On the positive side you might see and …
Read More »Author, Examine Thyself: A Letter to Bernard Goldberg
On the list of people screwing up America, your behavior and attitudes are divisive work this nation doesn't need.
Read More »Book Review: Fast Food Nation
As expected, this book made me leave the Fast Food Nation...
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