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.

Out of the shadows and into the harsh light

Okay, so , never let it be said that I am strictly partisan — now that there will be a Democratic-led Congress for the first time since I started blogging, let’s see how long it takes them to do something  [more...]

On the Board

The November Surprise

So, Rumsfeld is finally out. Anyone else suspicious that this was planned and waiting in the wings? That the White House wants to a) steal the Democrats’ thunder on their day of victory and b) wants to rewrite  [more...]

She should have held Toto

What was with the creepy stage-managed Santorum concession — especially the scary younger daughter crying on cue, wearing the carefully selected all-American Little House on the Prairie gingham coordinates, and  [more...]

Talking Points Tonight

That icky Ken Mehlman is on CNN right now tossing off… um, some of those talking points. Today’s talking points include “all presidents lose their majority in the sixth year,” a desperate attempt  [more...]

Sufferin’ until suffrage

Well, the deed is done — I done did vote. On one of those scary touch-screen deals. In my new conspiracy-laden mind, I can fathom that the 2000 election was deliberately screwed up to set the stage for Diebold and  [more...]