Yup, His Hairness is leaving in December. To replace him, ABC has to decide whether to have news, or comedy ... hmmm, news or comedy ...Both, please.Frankly, I think the Daily Show represents at least as high journalistic standards as Ted … [Read more...]
House and Senate OK Stem Cell Bill
Veto-proof majorities. Romney crushed, now officially irrelevant, but liberated: free to shop his résumé of non-achievement elsewhere. Sure did great with those Olympics, though...(Some of our readers are concerned about the gastronomical … [Read more...]
No, no, NO! Bad liberal! No biscuit!
Well, Sam Rosenfeld at TAPPED gets it completely backward:The much-cited Wall Street Journal editorial attacking DeLay hadme panicked that Democrats and their allies might actually succeed insecuring the Hammer?s imminent fall, which would … [Read more...]
It’s what Terri would have wanted.
A willful living will from Bob Friedman at the St. Petersburg Times in FL: Like many of you, I have been compelled by recent events to preparea more detailed advance directive dealing with end-of-life issues.Here's what mine says: * In the … [Read more...]
The Economist on drugs
[Try accessing the articles referenced below from this page.]OK, OK, so I just got around to reading the Economist from a couple of weeks ago ... and I'll have what they're having: Stronger FDA enforcementof post-marketing studies and … [Read more...]
Bubble bubble toil and trouble: The Blog
Good news for people who love bad news at HomeBubble.(Thanks to Adam at Universal Hub, and apologies to Modest Mouse.) … [Read more...]
Tom DeLay: Cancer
Last year I sent a few bucks to Richard Morrison, who was running against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, The Most Corrupt Man in Congress. (Many of those links require registration... you can surely find your own.)I don't think of Tom … [Read more...]
No, look, they really are trying to kill you.
Supersize me: MIAMI - Burger King began offering two new breakfast sandwiches Monday, including one that packs more calories and fat than a Whopper.The Enormous Omelet Sandwich carries 730calories and 47 grams of fat and comes with two … [Read more...]
Impressions of Deval Patrick from Cambridge, 3/26
He has style andsubstance, charisma and gravitas. He comes across as bright, charming,warm, humorous, energetic, imaginative and yes -- he has a progressivevision for the state. I also sense him to have a political toughnessand resiliency, … [Read more...]
Bubble bubble toil and trouble, II
More evidence from the NYT (reg. req'd) that the housing market is ever more bubblicious:"We're going through something very similar in real estate that we didwith stocks," said Robert J. Shiller - a professor of economics atYale, … [Read more...]
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