“…no indication of any connection to terrorism…”
These seem to be the words we’ll be hearing every time something awful happens now that we live in the age of the global war on terror. Law enforcement, the military, and the press all seem to be in on the same game. There have been many terrible events […]
I finished reading T.C. Boyle’s latest book “Talk Talk” riding home on the A train yesterday. I have been a fan of Boyle’s since I read his first novel “Water Music” a quarter century ago. “Water Music” is bold and brilliant. “Talk Talk” is razor-sharp and tough-as-nails. Boyle is a master […]
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It was a rainy day in NYC today, so I went to see some serious films to match the mood of the city: NO END IN SIGHT and THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK. Neither of these are feel-good films. But they are both essential and you should watch for them when they open near you.
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Here is a portion of a recent articles from Reuters:
Schumer, in a speech to the American Constitution Society, talked about the confirmation of Roberts and Alito in 2005 and 2006, respectively.
“Were we duped?” he asked.
“Were we too easily impressed by the charm of nominee Roberts and the erudition of nominee Alito?” Schumer asked. “Did we […]
Bush’s latest speech on Iraq (Osama bin Laden did it) :: Politics.ie
Normally Reddit.com is a waste of time, but I found this via Reddit and couldn’t resist sharing.
What you’ll see is a redacted version of a recent speech by President Bush with only a few key fearmonger words and phrases visible. It’s instructive to note […]
The Pentagon Gets a Lesson From Madison Avenue - washingtonpost.com
This sort of cynical and calculating thinking makes me ill. But this is how the world works.
My favorite quote has to be…
The challenge for the advertising study, he said, was to find “something we can learn from Madison Avenue or from the marketers, the best in […]
I remember when Speaker Nancy Pelosi made her asinine comment regarding impeachment and how it was not on the table. The thinking went, I believe, that it wasn’t worth the political costs, and that it would bog down the Congress for two years. It was better to get some real work done, time to get […]
“…and we have declared war on tyranny and aggression.”
President Lyndon Johnson said those words in Errol Morris’ devastating film The Fog of War.
“Mr. McNamara, you must never have read a history book.”
The parallels between the war in Viet Nam and the war in Iraq are obvious and heartbreaking.
Who is going to end the tyranny and […]
This plaque hangs on the south wall of the grounds of the New York Public Library on W. 40th Street. Wendell Wilkie ran against FDR in 1940 and lost his bid for the presidency as an opponent of the New Deal. The quote on the plaque is merely quaint these days:
“I believe in America because […]
Didn’t Bush say that we would leave if they asked us to leave?
“We are there at the invitation of the Iraqi government. This is a sovereign nation. Twelve million people went to the polls to approve a constitution. It’s their government’s choice,’’ the president said during a Rose Garden news conference. “If they were […]
