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.

And he’s not even gone yet

The NPR Ombudsman is up to his ears in mail, all complaining about the imminent booting of Bob Edwards from Morning Edition: The e-mails about Bob Edwards and his imminent departure from Morning Edition on April 30  [more...]

On the Board

Paging Dr. Freud

Just a moment ago, Peter Jennings announced over a map of fighting in Iraq that troops are fighting in 7 American cities.

Look Closer

I’d claim to be laughing my [posterior] off right now, but I’m sure that would border on the kind of depravity that our esteemed Attorney General finds objectionable. So instead, I direct your attention to  [more...]

Do you feel included now?

It’s finally happened — someone has created a Trojan Horse virus for Mac OS X. It seems to obvious now that I wonder why someone didn’t do it before: A Trojan horse, called MP3Concept or MP3Virus.gen  [more...]

Next on my list

It’s Justice Scalia. This guy is like a little pebble in my shoe, driving me to distraction. He’s the next one to keep an eye on. Here’s a little nugget: the same kind of hypocrisy that’s the  [more...]

Dog & pony show

As Condoleeza Rice begins her testimony, and all media outlets gleefully carry it live, I can’t help but wonder what it is they expect her to say? Of course, we know it will simply be a few hours of spouting the  [more...]