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

Export freedom… ‘cause we don’t need it here

Here’s how the freedom works in the capital of a “free” country: THERE WERE, in the end, protesters along the route of President Bush’s inaugural parade. It is conceivable that the president [more...]

January 21, 2005

On the Board

General Annoyances

The Has Been Ball

Perhaps they were there to try to get a boost to their non-existent careers? Here’s a list of the “celebrities” who were in attendance last night at the Creative Coalition party celebrating the second [more...]

January 21, 2005

Right = Wrong

Reality vs. Rhetoric

It seems like I’m always blathering on about the hypocrisy of George Bush and his conservative pals, neo and otherwise; that’s because there’s just so much of it. And I’m not just talking about [more...]

January 20, 2005

Right = Wrong

Wrong birds

This morning, I was nudged awake by the sun making its way through my window… and the afterburners of a military jet overhead.
Welcome to the forbidden city.

January 20, 2005

Right = Wrong

Number crunching

January 19, 2005

Right = Wrong

Parade of fools

From Richard Cohen’s column in the Post: Alchemy is the purported science of turning base metals into gold. It does not exist. Political alchemy is the ability to turn hard failures into gossamer triumphs. It does [more...]

January 19, 2005

Right = Wrong

The politics of weather

Aw. How sad. Visitors to Washington often are unaccustomed to achingly cold inaugural weather, particularly if they’re from warmer climes, as is the case for many this year. A number of this year’s visitors [more...]

January 19, 2005