Life is so damned fickle
Consider this report from MSNBC: A Michigan man who bowled his first perfect game immediately collapsed in the bowling alley and died.
Republican politics in a nutshell
Andrew Sullivan sums it up: No social and cultural moderate can be a Republican presidential ticket in the era of Rove. So McCain was left with the party that brung him - and we now know what motivates that party: fear of the other and religious fanaticism.
Has America lost sight of the true meaning of Halloween? The Onion investigates.
The Onion has a spirited debate on whether Americans have lost sight of the true meaning of Halloween. How timely! In The Know: Has Halloween Become Overcommercialized?
Rachel Maddow updates the campaigns; talks with Obama
Rachel Maddow talks intelligently, extremely intelligently. As she reports here, today wasn't a good day for John McCain. It was a joy to hear Maddow interview with Barack Obama on why he doesn't attack "conservatives," the future of energy and Pakistan. Maddow represents the direction journalism needs to go. Probing,…
Sarah Palin’s going “rogue” and Jon Stewart’s cookin’
A clip from last night's show: