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

Having it both ways

Talk about a flip-flopper! Slate’s William Saletan points out: In 1999, George W. Bush said we needed to cut taxes because the economy was doing so well that the U.S. Treasury was taking in too much money, and we  [more...]

September 29, 2004

On the Board

Right = Wrong

More hot air

Terry Kevin spotted it first — the blimp we’ve been waiting for. (He took pictures.) It seems that the army has decided to lease a blimp and float it over DC for surveillance tests. So what we now have here  [more...]

September 29, 2004
Right = Wrong

That biased media

I really needed this good laugh: CRAWFORD, Texas – A tiny weekly newspaper that bills itself as President Bush’s hometown paper has endorsed John Kerry for president, saying the Massachusetts senator will  [more...]

September 28, 2004
General Annoyances

Queer eye for the cheap guy

With Kirk’s wedding less than two weeks away, I decided it was time to do a little shopping — don’t wanna look like a schlub as I stand in Southern Illinois watching the wedding of the century. So, I  [more...]

September 28, 2004
Right = Wrong

Our partisan media

A study conducted by the Center for Media and Public Affairs shows that the media biased. Big news, eh? But the extent of it is shocking… when Fox News is added to the mix. Evaluations of John Kerry were positive  [more...]

September 28, 2004
Right = Wrong

Demeanor

On Friday I complained about NPR airing an interview with the Bush campaign manager. Today they aired a piece with the Kerry campaign manager. Again, just an extended campaign ad, but I was struck by something else: the  [more...]

September 27, 2004