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

My people call it “hubris”

He thought that he would avenge his father, repair his tattered legacy. He thought that it would be easy, after all, we have a large, well-trained, professional military bristling with high tech weapons. He thought that  [more...]

September 9, 2004

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Flopped and flipped

Remember just a few weeks ago, when George Bush was not in favor of giving an intelligence czar budgeting power? Guess who, once again, has flip-flopped? The White House unveiled plans Wednesday to give a new national  [more...]

September 8, 2004
Right = Wrong

Exploring the issues

Nothing like a good, solid debate about issues and the future of our country. And this is nothing like it. Here are a few of the tough “questions” Bush faced in his invitation-only “Ask President  [more...]

September 8, 2004
Right = Wrong

Linkage

They keep doing it. The White House has one overriding rule, that stands above all others: administration representatives must work September 11 into everything they say. Example from a White House press briefing  [more...]

September 8, 2004
The War with the Customer

Bill’s got his finger on the button

This is truly black comedy: Man, what is it about seafaring military organizations that gives them a blind spot as far as the dangers of Windows are concerned? (Okay, fine, roughly nine-tenths of the tech-using entities  [more...]

September 8, 2004
Right = Wrong

Lock it up to keep it safe

Our freedoms — and the exercise of them — are being locked up and taken away in order to preserve them, a ridiculous concept akin to keeping a boat drydocked so that it doesn’t get wet. Courtland  [more...]

September 8, 2004