Sex Sells — Security doesn’t
Look at this opening line by one of the very few liberals who write for a mainstream media magazine. Jonathan Alter Newsweek 05.05.2006 Raising the Bar on Losing a Job...
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Let’s compare Stephen Colbert’s WHCAD performance with George Bush’s at RTCAD
With apologies to Willie Shakes: the press doth protest too much, methinks. Was Stephen Colbert downright mean towards President Bush at the White House Correspondents Association dinner? Was his ‘act’ over-the-line?...
Read MoreKaren Armstrong turns religion on its head — "It’s how you behave, not believe"
Wow. This will surely get ignored as rapidly as Stephen Colbert’s recent performance at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner. Karen Armstrong, the former nun and author of numerous books on religions of the...
Read MoreVanity Fair does Patrick Fitzgerald
The January 2006 issue of Vanity Fair has a David Margolick-written lengthy look at Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. The more I read it, the more I liked Fitzgerald and his values and actions. And that isn’t solely...
Read MoreJames Carroll puts George Bush on the couch
James Carroll wrote a coumn in the March 6, 2006 Boston Globe that so captured the essence of George Bush. He opened with the revelation that President Bush had indeed been warned about the possibility of the levees failing in...
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