21 September 2007

How To Find Uranus

No, it’s not a sophomoric pun … yet.
I want to take a moment of scientific history and apply it to the current situation in the Senate, and only later will we venture into the arena of the sophomoric pun. OK? Good.

Uranus, as seen by Voyager 2
(OK, Righties, time to go into the other room to [...]

21 September 2007

Fool me 8,239 times and Shame on WHO?

My comment on Political Animal, the Washington Monthly’s blog, by the incomparable Kevin Drum. My comment on his posting today, “Changing The Subject” which is, itself, his comment on Matthew Yglesias’ (creepy and wrongheaded) Atlantic Monthly blog posting on the MoveOn flap that continues into its second (and soon its THIRD) week (and yes, I’m [...]

21 September 2007

CNN, the KKK and the Jena 6

I’m one of those people who watched Bill Maher’s Real Time and heard the two black panelists asking the question: How come none of the national media have picked up on this story?

click for NY Times coverage
So, I’ve been watching it trickle into national consciousness,