Former New York Times reporter John McCandlish Phillips takes the "elite" commentariat to task over their outrageous rhetoric when it comes to the religious right. The piece is well worth a read, but I'd like to highlight the autobiographical portion of the article. I come at this with an insider/outsider vantage and with real affection […]
A special day
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Today is International Respect for Chickens Day, sponsored by United Poultry Concerns. I think I'll have a chicken sandwich for dinner.
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Fark headlines
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Sometimes you've just gotta love Fark for their headlines. For example, when word comes that the rock band Cream will be reuniting for a concert, the headline reads: Cream reunites in concert. For those of you under 40: Cream was Eric Clapton's old band. Under 30: Clapton was once a big rock star. And for […]
Reality-based community
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Today's Wall Street Journal has a brief but informative editorial [subscription required] for those on the left who continue to insist that there was some directive from the "highest levels of government" for the "torture" at Abu Ghraib prison. Private First Class Lynndie England -- infamously pictured with an Abu Ghraib detainee on a leash […]
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Problems with page design
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I never saw the front page in question, but The Hartford Courant apparently let their photo selection and page design take precedence over accuracy. Any number of items in the newspaper can provoke accusations of bias, unrestrained liberalism and sensationalism. Word choices, story choices, columnists, quotes, headlines, even advertisements can mean a day of terse […]
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The gift that keeps on giving
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The New York Times' Paul Krugman has decided to take a break from his demogoguing America's health care system to outline his plan for fixing Social Security. Just kidding. The numbers in the graphic above have changed again -- except for the goose egg for solutions. Nope, instead Krugman does what he has done ever […]
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Let me start by saying that I've read all five books of the Hitchhiker's trilogy (Yes, I know that's not proper English), and both of Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently books. I went into the theater knowing that no film could do the books justice, but hopeful that the movie would be entertaining nonetheless. After having […]
