I've been feeling rather stressed at work lately. There's a lot to get done every day and the sun sets entirely too fast. Every day I face 50 real emails, constant phone calls, dozens of litigation deadlines and lots of foot traffic, while I'm trying to write complicated legal memoranda…
On Wednesday evening, Bill Moyers' Journal presented "Buying the War," a terrific special describing the failure of the U.S. media during the run-up to the Iraq invasion. If you missed it, you can watch the entire show here. Here's the official description of the special: Four years ago on May 1, President Bush…
According to Alternet, instead of applauding those new solar panels you just installed, your homeowner association might sue you: On April 14, in more than 1,400 locations from coast to coast, Americans rallied around the goal of reducing carbon emissions by 80 percent within the next four decades. On April…
Mrs. Bush recently made it clear to the American people that with regard to Iraq, "no one suffers more than their President and I do." Yeah, right . . . [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIuODSIuHLo&eurl[/youtube] In my opinion, our Narcisist-in-Chief has a psychological 12-foot high wall that prevents him from feeling true empathy. How…
Why not? Two reasons, according to Ellis Weiner on Huffpo. "There are two reasons. One is that they're not funny. The other is that they're not conservatives." Not funny? Weiner describes conservative humor: Whereas political humor, by definition, is anti-power. It makes fun of those in power -- that's what…