Roger Ebert on how the press reports mass killings

I love little pop-the-righteous-balloon stories like this one. On Friday, a New York Times story examined Rudy Giuliani’s schedule in the months after 9/11 to verify his controversial claim that, like rescue  [more...]

So, today's crazy tour de force: the nuts are up in arms because the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES is giving a speech at a high school (Wakefield, my father's alma mater and my neighborhood high school before I moved  [more...]

Fascinating. Reprinted from and via John Gruber: Tommy McCall compares the growth of the S&P stock index under Republican and Democratic presidents since 1929: As of Friday, a $10,000 investment in the S.& P  [more...]