Frozen Toothpaste

Source: art_es_anna
I saw it this morning, at about eight. I said, “Oh… my… God.” Benazir Bhutto, long — and probably accurately — seen as the best choice for prime minister of the troubled mess that is Pakistan, was assassinated.
For good or ill, it’s the most important political assassination I remember. I’m far too young to have experienced the deaths […]

Source: cursedthing
Former President Bill Clinton was on Charlie Rose last Friday. He said a lot of interesting things, and though they also did a fair bit of rehashing tired arguments about the presidential campaign, it is a pretty good interview to watch.
Without question, the line that most caught my attention was this one: Mr. Clinton […]

I’m rather certain that my favorite Republican presidential candidate during the 2000 election cycle was John McCain. I’m also rather certain that he’s my favorite this time too. It’s not that he’s perfect. Far from it. I’m well aware that he’s got flaws, and I’ve certainly taken issue with some of the things he’s said.
Lest […]

A few days ago I created a new text document on my desktop — the way I almost always jot down notes when I’m at the computer — and titled it “the mandarins” and put this inside:
I used to believe that the world was controlled by extraordinary individuals who were somehow different than people like me. I’ve come to […]

By now you’ve probably heard something about a teddy bear in the news. But it seems to me that the way people understood the story had a lot to do with where they heard about it. So in the tradition of this piece, I’ve created two very different interpretations pared down from different news sources.
First […]