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Michael Kinsley describes what seems like a great reason for his personal dislike of George W. Bush. […]
Author: Mark Evanier
Posts by Mark Evanier
The Fox Cartoon News
Here's a story that was posted today in a weblog staffed by reporters for The Dallas Morning-News. The direct link to the story is here but since their site has a lot of link glitches, I'm going to post it in full. It's by a writer named Jim Frisinger… Fox News loves lawyers all right. […]
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Ronald Brownstein on something that I think is necessary and inevitable in this country: Universal Health Coverage. […]
Startling Revelation
Today's Daily Variety has an article about this award I'm receiving from the Writers Guild tonight. It's in the subscription-only area of their website and I don't feel like quoting it here, but I was amazed to read the first sentence and discover an interesting fact about myself. In my stock bio which I furnished […]
Another Pitch For Donations
Traffic at this site is way, way up to the point where I have been exceeding my allotted bandwidth and the hosting service has started to charge me more money. I am therefore making another of those shameless suggestions that you either send me some money via PayPal or place your Amazon purchases through one […]
The Legacy of Rerun
People in show business love to tell certain kinds of stories that are true (or "sorta true") in order to explain how the field works. Fred "Rerun" Berry, who just died at age 52, starred in the TV show, What's Happening?, and in two separate series of show business stories. Some of the stories were […]
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William Saletan on misconceptions about so-called "partial birth abortions." And this article by a doctor who actually performs abortions makes some interesting points, as well. […]
Right to Die?
I believe that a person has a right to end his or her own life. I do not think it should be done frivolously or without safeguards or on a whim. But I do believe that if a human being's deteriorating medical condition reaches a certain stage of their own selection, they should be able […]
Falwell Outdoes Himself
Here it is, fresh from today's installment of Crossfire… BEGALA: General Boykin said — and I'm quoting him here about our president — "Why is this man in the White House? The majority of Americans did not vote for him." He's right about that. "Why is he there? And I tell you this morning, he's […]
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Penn Jillette explains about misdirection and how it may or may not apply to politics. […]
A New Personal Best
I just watched today's edition of Crossfire and heard Jerry Falwell say what may be the single stupidest thing he has ever said…and that's quite an achievement. As soon as CNN posts the transcript on its website, I'll quote it here. […]
Penguin Coming Back
Kevin Boury writes to ask… There's buzz on the TVBarn boards today about Bloom County returning in some form as a Sunday only strip. But I won't believe it until I see it in your blog! Hope you have time to investigate… It's true, it's true. Here's an announcement over at the website of Berkeley […]
(Web)Spinning a Tale
Here's a short piece on Spider-Man with a brief interview with John Romita Sr. Unfortunately, right off the bat, it repeats the following "fact"… The editors of Marvel Comics thought so little of writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko's creation in 1962, that they put the character's debut in the 15th issue "Amazing Fantasy," […]
Of Lies and Liars…
In their lawsuit against him, Fox News said Al Franken was "not a well-respected voice in American politics." You sure couldn't prove that by anyone who was in the hall where I was Tuesday evening. Well, there was one guy who seemed to feel that way but we'll get to him. The other eight hundred […]
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Seymour Hersh reports on what went wrong with the intelligence that the Bush administration received or acted upon with regard to Iraq. […]