It’s sad, really (part 2)

by | Feb 23, 2008 | News & Commentary

Will voters embrace the mad Hillary? Apparently we get to find out. The Obama mailers that have Clinton in a twist contain two charges: One mailing says her health care proposal would force everyone to buy health insurance, regardless of ability to pay, a charge...

It’s sad, really

by | Feb 23, 2008 | Music

Continuing my long-time trend of finding fantastic albums years after their release, here’s my latest discovery: Moon Safari by AIR Released (of course) in 1998.

Johnny Mac, the latest: Uh oh

by | Feb 23, 2008 | News & Commentary

John McCain, American Hero, just took one in the shorts, and I’m not talking about the highly questionable New York Times story linking him with some lobbyist in a romantic fling or some old Keating Five scandal revisited. The problem, as is so often the case...

Nickel and Dimed

by | Feb 21, 2008 | News & Commentary

In seems to me that the fundamental problem of Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed has always been that many of the people in whom she hopes to ignite a flame of righteous anger are unwilling to validate her experiences in attempting to live as someone in...