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.

News of the obvious

Two stories from the front page of the Washington Post today, drawing radical conclusions:
D.C. Gap In Wealth Growing
Uneducated Suffer Most, Study Shows

and
Greenspan Says Workers’ Lack of Skills Lowers Wages

On the Board

Show me the money

Just a week or so ago, I was reading stories saying that much of the money earmarked for the military in Iraq and Afghanistan was unspent. And then this morning, the story changed radically: The U.S. military has spent  [more...]

Out of commission

It’s unlikely that I’ll comment on tomorrow’s report from the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States… mostly because I’ve made enough comments already. Today, NPR  [more...]

2001

Welcome to the second millennium of blog entries. I’m a little scared of the prospect of having written 2,000 short missives (and some not so short), but not surprised in the least. So, here’s 2001  [more...]

Spoiled brat

Now, I ask you: now that we have snotty brats like Jenna Bush around, don’t you miss Chelsea Clinton?

Is he making his own harem?

Michael Jackson, the creepiest (human?) being alive, is pregnant again. Pop star Michael Jackson (news), facing a trial on child molestation charges, is about to become a father to four more children — quadruplets  [more...]