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
Fun Stuff

Wisdom from Tommy

Tommy Smothers, speaking yesterday at the debut of the Wolf Trap summer schedule: “George Washington chopped down the cherry tree. When asked about it, he said, ‘I cannot tell a lie, I did it.’ Richard  [more...]

March 24, 2004

On the Board

Right = Wrong

They’ve defeated their own argument

So much for the military arguments against gay servicepeople: during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, “don’t ask don’t tell” discharges dropped to their lowest level ever: The military discharged  [more...]

March 24, 2004
Right = Wrong

Try Anything

Among the arguments that the pro-“Under God” crowd are using in the Supreme Court case over the Pledge of Allegiance (whew — wasn’t that an awkward sentence?) is this: Newdow’s opponents  [more...]

March 24, 2004
The War with the Customer

If it’s not broke, break it

More detail has emerged in the ouster of Bob Edwards from NPR’s Morning Edition. “I would have loved to have stayed with ‘Morning Edition,’ ” said Edwards, 56. “But it’s not my  [more...]

March 24, 2004
The War with the Customer

First, this news

I’ll never be able to wake up properly anymore. Bob Edwards, the host of NPR’s Morning Edition has been forced out of this job, says CNN. At the end of April, the 56-year-old Edwards will become senior  [more...]

March 23, 2004
Right = Wrong

Mon Dieu!

I just laughed and laughed at this one, and yet it shows just how ridiculous the Bush campaign is. Bush pal and Commerce Secretary Donald L. Evans recently said publicly what his colleagues have long been saying  [more...]

March 23, 2004