Month: September 2011

You’d probably never know it, but in a recent Bloomberg poll of public attitudes on candidates and issues, the single most unpopular idea for fixing the budget deficit was to cut Medicaid. People oppose doing that by a...

I am so tired of the idiotic arguments Republicans like Kathleen Parker make about how you don’t need no book-learning to be a decent president. First, forget the qualities you need to actually get the job. They’re...

First of all, peaches or pears? I prefer pears, and so does my boy. CabinGirl thinks we’re weird. Secondly, thank you to everyone who’s made a contribution to the site in the last two days. I am probably the lousiest...

Wired’s “Danger Room” blog has a fascinating post up on a guy named William Gawthrop, a counterterrorism analyst for the FBI, who as recently as a few months ago was helping give FBI counterterrorism trainings...

I was somewhat stunned to realize that David Bowie had covered The Modern Lovers song ‘Pablo Picasso.’ I am certain that this is awesome, however, I haven’t made up my mind on the merits of his version. I like...