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

With friends like these

Isn’t it interesting that the most partisian president in recent memory — the uniter, remember? — is being criticized by his own party, and more astonishing, some Republicans are even defending John  [more...]

March 23, 2004

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Facts are stupid things

I’ve found almost all of the Bush White House statements to be suspicious and always figured there was some twisting of the truth, but now they’re just lying outright in a desperate attempt to contain the  [more...]

March 23, 2004
Right = Wrong

Blame your predecessor

The Bush camp last week portrayed John Kerry as a man who will raise taxes and spend, spend, spend. They ignore the fact that the Bush administration cut taxes dramatically on the richest Americans, then went on to  [more...]

March 22, 2004
Right = Wrong

Just one more little one

The Washington Post, Sunday, March 21, 2004; Page B06 Now that the Spanish government is criticizing American war policy in Iraq [news story, March 18], I await a congressional declaration that “Spanish  [more...]

March 21, 2004
Fun Stuff

Operation Iraqi Children

Remember last weekend I told you about helping out on a PSA for “Operation Iraqi Children” with Laura Hillenbrand and Gary Sinise? Well, they got a mention in the Post today: “The nice thing about this  [more...]

March 21, 2004
Right = Wrong

Vietnam vs. Iraq

As published in today’s Reliable Source column in the Washington Post, here’s the “Vietnam II Preflight Check,” questions that compare Vietnam and Iraq. The list has no attribution, so here it is  [more...]

March 21, 2004