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

Is anyone counting?

Back in the 1990s, it took almost nothing to convince Republicans to take the almost unprecedented political move of a presidential impeachment. It was an inexcusable vendetta. Our current president has taken us down  [more...]

December 16, 2005

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Let’s Predict

Well, well, well. Let’s take stock: the Senate put the kibosh on reauthorization of the P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act. It was divulged that the Bush administration authorized illegal domestic espionage. Those Iraqi troops  [more...]

December 16, 2005
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

John Spencer

Life imitates art, tragically: LOS ANGELES — John Spencer, who played vice presidential candidate Leo McGarry on NBC’s “The West Wing,” died of a heart attack Friday, his publicist said. Spencer  [more...]

December 16, 2005
Right = Wrong

There’s no unexpected news anymore

These items will be on tomorrow’s front pages, so it’s not as if I’m the only person who will be blogging about them. But I’m often so flabbergasted at the news since Bush took office that I  [more...]

December 15, 2005
Right = Wrong

He’s an activist judge

President Says DeLay Is Not Guilty of Money Laundering Well, even the president admits that his intelligence is not very good. “I like him, and plus, when he’s over there, we get our votes through the House  [more...]

December 15, 2005
Right = Wrong

How Christian of them

Ah, hypocrisy — it is so very useful when it spotlights the true nature of some people. When hundreds of religious activists try to get arrested today to protest cutting programs for the poor, prominent  [more...]

December 14, 2005