February 18, 2011 06:38PM
“This essay is a brilliant exercise in verisimilitude. That it got an "editor's pick" is dismaying.”
About: 6 Political Talking Points that Need to Die
January 31, 2011 04:43PM
“Thank God we are pretty much powerless to influence events in Egypt, as is Israel. Otherwise, it's a hard rain gonna fall.”
About: Egypt is Rising
December 21, 2010 05:49PM
“What? You expected more from Obama? He's one of them.”
About: Proprietors Win, Again
April 20, 2010 06:01PM
“Actually, the doctrine of papal infallibility was first enunciated in the 19th century. I don't know the historical context of it's adaptation, but I…”
About: Popes, Horses, Sex, Poison and "Mysteries"
March 09, 2010 04:00PM
“Somehow or other, when I first got into facebook, I got connected into a group of people who were using facebook to sell a dietary supplement called Is…”
About: Top Ten Stupid Things Posted on Facebook Walls
March 09, 2010 03:36PM
“I think you're right. The tipoff came when the orchestra played "I am Woman" when the winner was announced. Is it possible to be more conde…”
About: Why Bigelow's Oscar win isn't a true feminist triumph.
March 09, 2010 03:22PM
“I seem to recall that members of the Hewlett family who sat on the board, came out publicly against Fiorina because they were aghast at what she was do…”
About: Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman: Running on Empty
March 05, 2010 03:10PM
“In spite of their impressive victories in the last election, the Dems, from the White House down, have continued to behave as if they were the party on…”
About: Obama, Liz Cheney Lack Faith in American Justice System
February 05, 2010 09:53PM
“I have some procedural questions. What does it take to change the Senate rules so that they return to the use of a real filibuster? Does it take a si…”
About: Filibusters, Cloture, and Lazy Senators
January 25, 2010 06:13PM
“Meatloaf, Chicago, Poindexter, Stefani? Take em out and string em up. Their existances themselves are capital crimes. But you missed the greatest fe…”
About: Crimes Against Rock - Part 2
January 25, 2010 05:57PM
“Re your WaPo argument on the Pentagon Papers: Do you equate any corporation with the fourth estate, which enjoys a special, priveleged status, as argued…”
About: Why Supreme Court Corporate Spending Decision is Correct
January 25, 2010 05:20PM
“I think you made a mistake leaving the Repugs. This reads like a tea bagger screed. You ran away from home too soon. When the Repugs get back in pow…”
About: People are pissed off
January 07, 2010 07:05PM
“Good list for the most part. But I have to disagree on "State of Play." This film might actually have occupied the top of the list were it…”
About: Better late than never - The best movies of 2009.
December 23, 2009 02:09PM
“I like your take on "Public Enemies," and share your dislike for Michael Mann flics. To me, the worst thing about "Public Enemies"…”
About: 2009 in Review: Worst Movies of the Year
December 21, 2009 05:17PM
“Wonderful lessons here. We are learning who owns the United States of America.”
About: The big healthcare sell-out
December 20, 2009 05:46PM
“@John Blumenthal; There is no such thing as a supermajority, though Senate rules make for a de facto one. The constitution makes mo mention of a superm…”
About: I want a D-I-V-O-R-C-E
December 14, 2009 01:55PM
“Nowadays, women who claim to understand seduction are teaching pole dancing. Good grief. Where men are concerned, only an unweaned mama's boy finds a…”
About: The Last Seduction
November 11, 2009 09:50PM
“Captain Kangaroo; Rocky & Bullwinkle; Mr. Ed; Soupy Sales; Our Gang (the Little Rascals); Howdy Doody; Mr. Wizard; and last but not least, The Thre…”
About: Favorite Children's Shows
October 29, 2009 07:41PM
“@Beth A. If the Houston Paper gets the clemency report, will you be writing another blog entry on it? I'd love to learn of the outcome.”
About: Noooo ... We Don't Put Innocent Men on Death Row
October 12, 2009 05:20PM
“Well, you're right Al Loomis. But this measure is eyewash compared to what is needed beyond banking regulations. I'm referring to a whole new set of…”
About: Floors Not Ceilings, Stupid
September 23, 2009 05:05PM
“Beginning in elementary school and continuing through high school, I studied piano, more at my parents’ insistence than out of a personal compuls…”
About: Beatles rule -- awesome or pathetic? Discuss
September 17, 2009 06:59PM
“Actually, it's only Dems who exhibit this behavior. The repuglicans don't give a damn about bipartisanship. They haven't since the 70s, and only ma…”
About: Obsessive Compulsive Bipartisanship Disease
September 13, 2009 02:58PM
““No docs want to see socialized medicine ala England, Canada, etc.” No docs? BBE's statement is quite false, actually. There are countless p…”
About: This needs to go Viral
August 26, 2009 09:06PM
“I continue to believe that newspapers will survive. But they will have to morph into something new. Once, there was a fear that TV would kill movies an…”
About: Newspapers and antitrust: The readers write
August 24, 2009 05:49PM
“Saturn. Why are you so happy? Once again we are being tossed a bone. The investigation will be confined to the lowest level, to the guys who got the…”
About: Today in Torture News: Big Day
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