Ignorance Is A Warm Gun
Sean MurphyBob Herbert is often angry, and he's almost always correct. While most columnists (even at the liberal NYT) pussyfooted around the issue of the Bush Administration's ineptitude and brazen lawlessness, he…
Down With The King: Wherein the Mysteries of Easter are Contemplated
Right. So what's scarier: a grown man dressed in a bunny costume, an actual adult-sized Bunny, or whatever chemicals comprise these things? Or, you know, this "bunny". Or Jimmy Stewart and…
My Mix Tape Confession
God I miss mixed tapes. (Which begs the question: Is it mixed tape, mix tape or mixtape? I say all of the above, and shall use them interchangeably.) I know this…
Like Ray Charles on Helium…
One of the blogs I take great pleasure in linking to is my man Mark's delectably named Trotsky's Cranium, here. There are always worthwhile and insightful nuggets to glean over…
Camille Paglia Needs an Enema
I have a confession to make. I read Camille Paglia. Of course, being a grad student in the early '90s, it was impossible to avoid Paglia in the Cultural Studies…
Memo to the Lunatic Fringe
Listen up, loonies: Obama is not going to take away your guns. Obama is not interested in taking away your guns. Nobody else is, either. However, if you happen to…
Bird and Magic
1979. It's been so well documented, and remains such a touchstone (it is still the most widely watched NCAA final ever, which--considering the inconceivably successful hype college and pro…
Janacek + Allergies = Spring
It's on. It's official. Spring is here. Trees are having unprotected sex all around me, and buds are exploding everywhere, nowhere to go but out into the world. And if…
Cerphe’s Up
As I was inserting the picture, above, of Cerphe from the late '70s, when he was already a D.C. legend, my father called. "I wanted to commiserate about your boy," he…