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.

On the Board

Love my toys

For no really good reason, I bought a wireless webcam last night. After struggling for more than an hour to decipher the manual and set it up (how do you Windows people ever manage? I’m so used to plugging  [more...]

Values and Denial

E.J. Dionne points out a quote from President Bush: Bush gave a powerful speech in York, Pa., last week describing his “values.” He declared: “The culture of America is changing from one that has said  [more...]

Free speech in a monopoly world

You know how it works — free speech is available to those who own the press. But what happens when one company owns all the presses? Or all the billboards? A public interest group on Monday accused media giant  [more...]

The Environmental President

The Bush administration said yesterday it plans to overturn a Clinton-era rule that made nearly 60 million acres of national forest off-limits to road-building and logging, setting aside one of the most sweeping land  [more...]