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

Hindsight

Another civilian — this time, a South Korean — has been kidnapped in Saudi Arabia, with the kidnappers threatening beheading. It’s strange, even though there are people dying everyday in the middle  [more...]

June 20, 2004

On the Board

Fun Stuff

Style Invitational: What’s in a slogan?

The results of the latest Style Invitational, where entrants were asked to write a sign or slogan for a business: Reddi-Wip: From Our Can to Yours (Jean Sorensen, Herndon) Sperm bank: Procreation Without Representation  [more...]

June 20, 2004
Fun Stuff

From basement to basement

It’s amazing, but evidently Spiro Agnew is important enough to have an archive. Today’s Washington Post reports about the strange things contained in the archive at the University of Maryland. Researchers  [more...]

June 20, 2004
Right = Wrong

Ode to Ronnie

You think that the coverage of Reagan last week went overboard? You should listen to this hilarious song, touting such Reagan accomplishments as being “shot for taking a stand” or some such thing. I’ve  [more...]

June 20, 2004
Right = Wrong

Bush’s 7 minutes

It’ll go down in history like the strange gap in Nixon’s tapes: the inaction of President Bush while the county was under terrorist attack. Evidently, the new Michael Moore film contains a seven-minute  [more...]

June 19, 2004
Right = Wrong

Friends in high places

I’ll quote this article without any editorial comment. It doesn’t need any. The White House is playing down a report that President Bush appealed to Vatican officials to encourage U.S. bishops to take a more  [more...]

June 19, 2004