Animation World News, a fine site, has just posted this article on the 2004 Comic-Con International, complete with comments from Yours Truly. Apart from the fact that they think I moderated four panels there (actual number: 13), it's a good report. […]
William Saletan offers the clearest, simplest argument I've seen yet against the Bush-Cheney Iraq strategy. This is what Kerry ought to be saying. […]
They've set stud fees for Smarty Jones at $100,000. I've been undercut again. […]
People often say that Fox News is biased towards Republicans and that CBS News is biased towards Democrats. I don't think either of those charges is all that valid with regard to their pure news functions. It may have some merit with regard to interview shows and programs on which issues are discussed but I […]
Franklin D. Roosevelt once referred to the Supreme Court of his day as "the nine old men." This prompted Walt Disney to start referring to his nine key animators by the same phrase. One by one, Walt's Nine Old Men have reached the stage where they're old enough to not be around any longer. Less […]
Recently on the weblog here, I mentioned my Uncle Henry, who was a Colonel (I think) in the Army. I also had an Uncle Aaron, and I was thinking about Uncle Aaron last night. No matter where you went with Uncle Aaron, he'd point to some huge building or shopping mall or real estate development […]
I was going to write a piece here explaining at greater length why I think the "Bush was AWOL" story is the kind of distraction John Kerry doesn't need. But this weblog post summarizes my feelings as well as anything I could whip up…plus, linking to it saves me time. […]
Bill Sherman is a very smart guy. […]
Looks like we're in for another round of news stories about Bush's days in and/or out of the National Guard. I'm all for developments that hurt the man's chances at another four years but I don't think this will. Those who are strongly for Bush will never believe he didn't serve honorably. or figure that […]
While I was posting the previous message, a number of counters notched the 1,000th American casualty in Iraq, and some say that this number was actually reached a few weeks ago. It depends on whether you also count reporters and contractors and a few other "miscellaneous" folks. I don't think the exact number is the […]
I was just browsing over at one of my favorite sites, The Smoking Gun. The folks there manage to dig up a wide array of suppressed or otherwise unavailable documents which they gleefully make available to all. One of the many categories, and perhaps the most amazing, presents a stash of old FBI dossiers. Your […]
The polls are settling down to the point where, depending where you look, George W. Bush either no longer has a double-digit lead or won't have it much longer. For the last few days though, there's been a lot of panic from Kerry supporters who felt the election slipping away from them. A lot of […]
Here's an interview with my pal, Paul Dini, discussing his animation and comic book writing. […]
My longtime pal Tony Isabella has a fine online column that is mostly about comic books but occasionally about the less-real world of politics. The current installment praises this website but that's not the reason I'm telling you how good Tony's column is. It's just the reason I remembered to tell you that. […]
Nice to hear that Bill Clinton's heart bypass surgery apparently went well. Apart from the natural sadness if it did not, I'm not sure my view of humanity could withstand the celebrations of the "red meat" right-wingers if didn't make it. One wrote me that the former president's hospitalization was an "obvious stunt" timed to […]