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…
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…
Garrison Keillor has written a Salon.com article titled "The chosen president: For the Current Occupant, it's enough to believe that he's been ordained by God. What does it matter what anyone else thinks?" Here's an excerpt: Clearly the Current Occupant sees himself as a chosen president, though his theology is…
To see why Twinkies are cheap and fresh produce is expensive,"you need look no farther than the farm bill," according to this article in the New York Times: This resolutely unglamorous and head-hurtingly complicated piece of legislation, which comes around roughly every five years and is about to do so…