Just As I Thought
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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

In translation

It’s incredible the way that the right wing has subtly and carefully created a change in our language. It’s the old Big Brother double-speak — they’ve ironically taken the political correctness  [more...]

October 15, 2005

On the Board

Right = Wrong

And now…?

As Bush’s poll numbers drop into a deep, dark hole, I just wonder: all those people who supported and voted for this horrific man, what do you think of him now? Like, relatives of mine. Parents, even. Friends  [more...]

October 14, 2005
Right = Wrong

Someone’s paying attention

I’ve been saying it for years now — that the Bush administration uses terror alerts and the like to distract us when he’s under criticism. I’ve been far too lazy to compile a list (although you  [more...]

October 14, 2005
Right = Wrong

If only the Iraq war was this short

From today’s column by E.J. Dionne: It has long been said that Americans have short attention spans, but this is ridiculous: Our bold, urgent, far-reaching, post-Katrina war on poverty lasted maybe a month. Credit  [more...]

October 14, 2005
Right = Wrong

Did they blink an SOS?

One of the historical hallmarks of the Bush administration will be the way they carefully manipulated and managed the message, sometimes in disturbing ways. We all know that each and every appearance the president makes  [more...]

October 14, 2005