Just As I Thought

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.

Debunked

This is what the press is supposed to do. The Washington Post has examined Kerry attacks by the Bush administration to set the record straight: Speakers at this week’s Republican convention have relentlessly  [more...]

On the Board

Dissatisfaction

I wonder why there hasn’t been more media coverage of the protests in New York? From everything I’ve seen in independent out-of-the-mainstream media as well as bloggers and the like, the protests were pretty  [more...]

A perfect example

Last night I saw part of Zell Miller’s speech then his bizarre rant at Chris Matthews, and I realized what the Republican strategy is: they want to demonstrate that Democrats are freakin’ manic, insane  [more...]

Open the gates, it’s the moral police

Only a day after a couple of groups called for the non-renewal of two TV licenses here in Washington (for a not so ridiculous reason: lack of educational programming as required by law), the wackos are crawling out of  [more...]

I don’t feel safe

This morning on Morning Edition there was an essay from a Republican delegate describing his trip to New York. He talked about the heavy police presence and the military out in force carrying weaponry. And he said it  [more...]

Black is White

The Republicans — well, at least the right wing conservative owners of it — have found the secret to making nothing into something. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, they proclaim: George Bush is a  [more...]