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

Outsourcing: the way to smaller government

Kirk sent along this tidbit from ABC News: I didn’t realize it, but there is an entire “second” American army in Iraq, the latest incidence of outsourcing. This one is a bit scary, though. Mercenaries  [more...]

April 10, 2004

On the Board

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Another thing that confuses me

The White House today declassified and released the August 2001 memo that everyone was interested in. What interests me, however, is the fact that yesterday they said it would be delayed. In this morning’s Post:  [more...]

April 10, 2004
Right = Wrong

Powell’s prescient words

Colbert King today peppers his column about the Iraq War with quotes from Colin Powell about Vietnam that are eerily apropos in the face of what’s happening over there. It makes me wonder what Colin’s true  [more...]

April 10, 2004
Right = Wrong

Playing into their hands

And another thing — does it not occur to the people running this war, be it the White House or the Pentagon — that firing missiles at a mosque is a severe miscalculation, especially in a region where  [more...]

April 10, 2004
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Me Confused

The Bush White House confuses me. I can’t figure out if they are evil Machivellian strategizers, power-mad conspirators, complete morons, or just a bunch of people who are skilled at shaping an image but nothing  [more...]

April 10, 2004
Fun Stuff

Condi Rice is no Nancy McNally

The more I watch The West Wing, the more I wish I lived in that fictional universe where the President, while human, has lofty ideals and the intelligence to match. And where the press secretary is witty, smart, and  [more...]

April 9, 2004