Watching as much of the Democratic Convention as I could stand, I found myself longing for the days when conventions involved at least a smidgen of suspense. You still had all those boring speeches where the speakers said — over and over in increasingly less colorful manner — what everyone in the hall wanted to […]
Reports on the Comic-Con are popping up all over the Internet. Check out Ken Plume's coverage over at IGN Filmforce. And here's Greg Hatcher at Comic Book Resources taking in the Golden/Silver Age Panel. If I see any good reports that don't mention me, I may list them, too. […]
A reader named Paul Lewis sends this message that I figured was worth a public reply… Should I still want to go to the San Diego CC? Even though I've never been there before, the horror stories I'm hearing make me want to pass. Has the Con simply outgrown the convention center and San Diego? […]
Just turned on C-Span to see if anything's up with the Democratic Convention and there's Walter Mondale, way back in '84, giving his acceptance speech, listing things that will occur during the Mondale-Ferraro administration…even mentioning a few that might not be attainable until their second term. I'd forgotten what a terrible, colorless speaker he was. […]
Here's a nice piece by Michael Kinsley about how Democrats shun the "L" word.."L" as in "Liberal." I especially liked this paragraph… You would not know from the Democrats' three decades of defensiveness about themselves and the label liberal that the Democratic candidate got more votes than the Republican one in each of the past […]
Woke up this morning and went down to do a couple of panels before I realized I was home. […]
Former Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall tells us that the administration of George W. Bush has a pretty bad record on the environment. Like anyone didn't already know that. […]
Well, I spent more of it on the freeway than I'd have liked. Rolled out of the hotel in San Diego a little after five, pulled up at the old homestead close to Midnight. In there were one stop at a favorite Japanese restaurant (Samurai Of Japan, in the shopping center at 979 Lomas Santa […]
I was upstairs hosting panels during the peak afternoon hours so, they tell me, I missed the heavy traffic. It was pretty bad, some said, and I heard a few friends wonder out loud: What is the breaking point for this convention? Every building has its limits and if the San Diego Convention Center, large […]
Day Two of the Comic-Con International was a lot like Day One: Crowds, booth babes, costumed folks, people marvelling at the turnout and/or hotel prices, bad fast food…and I may be wrong but I think I actually saw someone selling comic books. One thing I find fascinating about this event is that it's many conventions […]
On Monday, the Rasmussen daily tracking poll in the presidential race had Bush up by two points over Kerry. We told you then that before the week is out, that poll would give Kerry a 2-3 point lead over Bush. And sure enough, they now have Kerry three points ahead of Bush. I'm guessing it'll […]
And hello from the Comic-Con International, where rumors abound that attendance figures are exceeding all expectations. One can also hear many a horror story of local hotel room pricing. At my hotel last night, as I was checking in, a gent who arrived sans reservation, was trying to convince the next desk clerk over that […]
I am told from a source within The Tonight Show that they've been trying for weeks to book Michael Moore and have finally snagged him for next Thursday night. This could be an interesting interview as Mr. Leno seems to have more reservations about Moore and his tactics than some other hosts the filmmaker has […]
Since I'm away from home and laptopping it, I'm unable to read all the articles about the 9/11 report that was released today. But Fred Kaplan seems to have a pretty solid overview. […]
I agree with Avedon Carol that we ought to have real ballots. We should also have standardized voting procedures so that folks in the poor neighborhoods don't vote on machines that are more likely to misread their ballots than those counted in wealthy terrains. I disagree slightly that receipts wouldn't be necessary if we had […]