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

The reviews are in

A bit late, I suppose, but Ana Cox reviews the Republican convention with wit: The Republican National Convention, to paraphrase Jon Stewart of “The Daily Show,” put on a display of the anger of the  [more...]

September 19, 2004

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Marriage is the moral bedrock of our society

Ooops! Pop star Britney Spears did it again and got married for the second time this year — this time to dancer Kevin Federline in a private ceremony in Studio City, California, “Access Hollywood”  [more...]

September 19, 2004
The War with the Customer

Like old times

I tuned in to the Emmy pre-show for just a moment, and was immediately presented with the ultimate in product placement: one of the hosts stepped out of a car and then proceeded to tell the audience all about it, a  [more...]

September 19, 2004
Fun Stuff

Testify!

This is the way to do it: testify, sister! This morning I had the most bizarre subway ride. I board the Number 3 train at Grand Army Plaza after 9 a.m. Find a seat, then settle into reading Henry James for class. I hear  [more...]

September 19, 2004
Right = Wrong

Consolidating power

Underreported.com poses an important question: did the founders mean for the executive branch to wield so much power? The “organization chart” of the U.S. government below comes from page 19 of the GAO 2003  [more...]

September 19, 2004
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Live Digital Doppler 3D

Days like today I find myself obsessed with weather radar. I even have a little window on my Powerbook constantly feeding an image of local radar. As I write this, the local media is on constant coverage of the weather  [more...]

September 17, 2004