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.

Suddenly, reality

Today I came across a gallery of photographs from the great depression on the NPR website. What’s interesting about these photos is that fact that they’re in color, unusual for 1939-43. That was the era when  [more...]

On the Board

And now it begins

There have been lots of people — including myself — wondering why there have been no high-level resignations in this administration. Until today: George Tenet has resigned as director of the CIA, citing  [more...]

Translation: thata way

Ann Gerhart today in the Washington Post clues us in on one of those really annoying catchphrases the wonks are using: GOING FORWARD Definition: Once strictly an adverbial description of literal motion, now used to  [more...]

Coming to a theatre near you

I enjoy Michael Moore’s films usually. I’m not one of his biggest supporters because I think he’s just as wildly left and off base as the wackos on the right are wild and off base. I take his claims  [more...]

Museum of Modern Bush

The West Wing study where Bill Clinton and That Woman did not have sex is now the George Bush Museum. Aside from Saddam Hussein’s gun, which hit the news the other day, the Washington Post reports these other  [more...]