Just As I Thought
Fun Stuff

Portrait of the Artist

Ah, that day when my friends Sara and Lance and I went to the Hirshhorn gallery to see the Laurie Anderson exhibit, and turned around to discover that we were being followed by… Laurie Anderson.

April 24, 2023
Right = Wrong

Numerology

Sad, but true: every way I crunch the numbers, Bush won the election, but boy, it was mighty close — certainly not a mandate. Let’s look at the electoral vote. If we abolished the electoral system and went  [more...]

November 5, 2004

On the Board

Fun Stuff

relax…

After 11 years, I’ve formed a comfortable truce with my job. Over the years it’s been very frustrating, with a sometimes extremely heavy work load and on-again, off-again assistance. But I’ve been here  [more...]

November 5, 2004
Right = Wrong

A few headachy thoughts before bed

I’m already tired of the people who are crowing about how the Democrats are not in the mainstream or are such a minority — c’mon people, half of the electorate voted Democratic. Hardly out of the  [more...]

November 4, 2004
Right = Wrong

Facts are stubborn things

Well, well, surprise surprise. The one state in the union where same-sex marriage is legal hasn’t seen an erosion of marriage or the destruction of family values. In fact: The state with the lowest divorce rate in  [more...]

November 4, 2004
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

It never rains, it pours

Elizabeth Edwards had a particularly bad day yesterday. Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, was diagnosed with breast cancer the day her husband and Sen. John Kerry  [more...]

November 4, 2004