Here are some statistics from the Institute of Southern Studies… Percentage of the 108th U.S. Senate that engaged in combat while serving in the armed forces: 9 Percentage of homeless men in the U.S. that have engaged in combat: 40 Percent of lower ranking army personnel that experience "substantial financial difficulties": 40 Percent of first-year […]
If you search the news sites, you'll find about fifty stories saying that, according to those close to him, Arnold Schwarzenegger has definitely decided not to run for governor of California. (Reuters: "Schwarzenegger to Terminate Governor Bid.") You'll also find another fifty in which his official reps deny that he's made up his mind. (New […]
Paul Krugman on why we have a budget crisis in California and why, in his opinion, the federal goverment has most of the same problems. […]
A man named John Andrew lost his job. Okay, that happens. Then Bush's economic advisors did a tour that brought them near where John lives and used to work. Read what happened over at www.jobforjohn.com. […]
Kevin Smith is scheduled to be on The Tonight Show tomorrow night (Friday) with tape he shot at the Comic-Con International in San Diego. […]
Timothy Noah on why Condoleezza Rice's explanation doesn't make sense. […]
Remember how smart I said Ben Varkentine was to give a rave review to my new book, Wertham Was Right? Well, it turns out that Kenneth Plume over at IGN-FilmForce is equally smart. […]
It's probably rude to "review" a tribute drawing but I was struck by the way many of the political cartoonists (linked below) either didn't draw a very good Bob Hope or simply avoided having to do so. This man is not hard to draw, especially if you've seen the simple caricature that served as the […]
Here's a medley of political cartoons about the passing of Bob Hope. You may note that in his honor, they repeat a lot of the same gags over and over. […]
Earlier, I linked to an article in Playbill about a planned Broadway show using Monty Python material. A well-placed source tells me that the Playbill item is wrong and that no such show is likely to materialize, though there are some new Python-related projects in the pipeline. I believe my well-placed source on this. […]
The other day, I linked to Jim "Rant-Man" MacQuarrie's website and a lot of you laughed yourselves silly over his exchange of e-mails with one of those gents who wants to share Nigerian cash with a stranger. You enjoyed Part One and you really enjoyed Part Two. Well, Part Three is now up. Enjoy. And […]
There's something weird with that UPI story I just linked to. It says the gent at the Richard Nixon library said the alleged conversation which Magruder describes between Nixon and John Ehrlichman never took place. The UPI quotes the Chicago-Tribune quoting the director (John Taylor) as follows… The Chicago Tribune quoted Taylor as saying: "The […]
The director of the Richard Nixon library says that the conversation Jeb Magruder claims to have overheard did not occur. Or at least, Nixon's daily diary shows no record of him having talked with John Ehrlichman the day that Magruder says he eavesdropped on them discussing the Watergate break-in. This is one of those "we'll […]
Go read Jimmy Breslin. It's about a 21-year-old American soldier who died recently in Iraq. Very touching. Very important. […]
I really enjoyed Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History, which is a PBS special that retells the tale of the scandal that brought down Richard Milhous Nixon. It ran tonight on KCET in Los Angeles and airs on various PBS stations over the next few days. It was a bit rushed in the latter parts […]