Wednesday, December 8, 2004

Recommended Reading

Frank Rich uses the movie Kinsey as a jumping-off point to discuss attempts in this country to roll back sexual freedom. Quick summary: Everything old is new again.

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Recommended Reading

And for a more considerate attitude about our men and women in uniform overseas, I direct you to a column by Lloyd Omdahl.

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Recommended Reading

Fred Kaplan discusses the latest instance of Donald Rumsfeld saying something horribly insensitive and inaccurate. Republicans are often very quick to pounce on anything a Democrat says that could possibly be interpreted as anti-military or disrespectful to our brave fighting men and women. But apparently The Donald can get away with just about anything.

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Ashlee Dances

Here's a clever piece of Shockwave animation at the expense of Ashlee Simpson. I'm starting to feel sorry for Ms. Simpson with all the lip-syncing jokes, but I think even she'd enjoy this one.

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Ray and George

Our friend Ray Bradbury was among the recipients of the National Medal of Arts a few weeks ago, a fact which has just come to my attention. Here's an article about the Oval Office ceremony with George W. Bush and a bad picture of all the winners. [Washington Post, registration perhaps required. You never know with some of these links.]

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