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

Media literacy in a subtext world

I’ve been enjoying reading the News Hounds site, which is aimed directly at Fox News in particular but also points out the subtle — and overt — ways that all media manipulates public opinion  [more...]

July 5, 2004

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Clinton = $$$

The right-wing loves to wallow in Clinton. Nearly 4 years after he left office, they’re still using him to raise money: Bob Beckel, Democratic strategist, made an interesting point on Hannity & Colmes saying  [more...]

July 5, 2004
Right = Wrong

The season of Doc-Eds

We’ve had Fahrenheit 9/11, a documentary on Clinton, and now a documentary on Rupert Murdoch’s “war on journalism” is out there for your edification. The same filmmaker has also produced films  [more...]

July 5, 2004
Right = Wrong

Flying Frogs

The war with France goes on. For some reason, certain Congressional morons seem to think that then nation that we relied on to support our independence is now our greatest enemy, and they’re doing everything they  [more...]

July 5, 2004
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Just a reminder

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to  [more...]

July 4, 2004
General Annoyances

I hate fireworks

Not the professional kind, that light up the sky, but the little cheap ones you buy at roadside stands and set off at home. It’s a quarter to 3 in the morning on July 3, and some ass has been setting them off  [more...]

July 3, 2004