Earwicker
The commentary is called "Faith and Nationalism: Indivisible in America." I'm going to pause right here just for a second so that the operative word of this title, Nationalism, can sink in. Not "patriotism," Nationalism. I'm for one disturbed that Medved is so anxious to hawk Nationalism, but I'll leave that issue to the reader to infer whatever he or she'd care to from that. Read More
Of course, if the Deutsch Affair taught them nothing, then they certainly had another opportunity when Bush et al. tried to silence Dr. James Hansen's views on global warming.
But then again, when you're on a roll why not go for the trifecta? From the Times: Read More
Team Gibson & Thomas were trying to blame environmental advocacy groups for not bringing their collective wrath down upon illegal immigrants for littering during their crossing into the United States. Read More
Remember? That's the nifty color-coded "terror alert status" indicator that was cooked up by some marketing firm to inform the populace how scared we should be. This thing has been useless to the national interest and it's time it went the way of the metric system (not that I have anything against the metric system, but let's face it, it's just not gonna happen in America). Read More
I hope everyone has had a chance to see this rather ingenious mash-up of President Bush "singing" "Sunday, Bloody Sunday." The creators of this little ditty employed some inventive editing of Bush's State of the Union addresses to present the "war President" covering the U2 classic with delicious irony. Read More
Mostly soccer is just guys in shorts running around aimlessly, a metaphor for the meaninglessness of life. Whole blocks of game time transpire during which absolutely nothing happens. Fortunately, this permits fans to slip out for a bratwurst and a beer without missing anything important. It's little wonder fans at times resort to brawling amongst themselves in the grandstands, as there is so little transpiring on the field of play to occupy their wandering attention. Watching men in shorts scampering around has its limitations. It's like gazing too long at a painting by de Kooning or Jackson Pollock. The more you look, the less there is to see.
As in the one in Russia.
Well, I'll be damned... Read More
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