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.

Theology is opinion

An excellent, rational letter to the editor in today’s Washington Post: Friday, August 1, 2003; Page A18 The Rt. Rev. Gethin B. Hughes, as quoted by George F. Will [op-ed, July 31], says, “I am tired of  [more...]

On the Board

He should have saved his receipts

Another in a long line of foxes nominated to the hen houses in this administration: Bush has nominated to the U.S. Tax Court a man who cheated on his taxes. Bower submitted income tax returns to the Senate Finance  [more...]

Rant Round Up

Two subjects today that make my head hurt a little bit. First, the good news: Admiral Poindexter is on his way out. Known in the 80s for his law-bending activities supplying arms to the Contras, he has recently been  [more...]

Bush on same-sex marriage

President Bush said Wednesday he has government lawyers working on a law that would define marriage as a union between a woman and a man, casting aside calls to legalize gay marriages. “I believe marriage is  [more...]

Beware of candidate promises

I put this piece of advice out there for both Democrats and Republicans. And Greens, and whomever else. But I give the example of our current “leader.” I’ve written a few times here about the dismay of  [more...]

That’s so wrong

I was hoping it was a joke when I came across the title for an upcoming Fox show a little while ago; but — it comes on this week: It might have been called “Extreme Impalement,” but in reality, the  [more...]