Sick Blogger
Feeling yucky today. No blogging going on here.
May
18
2009
18
2009
May
14
2009
14
2009
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Extreme Parenting?
I never really got into all those shows about families with tons o’kids on TLC. Now, I guess I know why.
May
12
2009
12
2009
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Torture Pays
I should have been a torturer. It pays. It also gets you published. As Katha Pollitt pointed out, the Bush administration’s torture architects are doing quite well. Not only are they making out like bandits, but they’re going to get away with facilitating torture. Now, John Yoo has scored a monthly newspaper column.
May
07
2009
07
2009
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Asked and Answered
Earlier I asked if Democrats would seize the moment on marriage. As she has in the past, Speaker Nancy Pelosi provided an answer: No. As usual, Pelosi does not disappoint. And that’s what’s truly disappointing.
May
07
2009
07
2009
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Condi’s Complicity
If Condoleeza Rice is so glad to be out of the political spotlight, why is she jumping into the torture debate? If I’d greenlighted waterboarding, ahead of the rush, I’d keep quiet about it.I certainly wouldn’t have a meltdown on camera.
May
05
2009
05
2009
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America’s Least Wanted
This “Least Wanted” List from the U.K. sounds like a good idea. Why don’t we have one? Well, the U.K. list is comprised of foreigners banned from the country. I guess it would be tricky to compose the kind of list I had in mind for the U.S., since it would probably include a lot people who happen to be citizens…
May
04
2009
04
2009
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Nice “Work” If You Can Get It
Get paid $80,000 to not work for a year? Damn. I knew I shoulda gone to law school. OK. Who am I kidding? I would not be recruited by a major law firm anyway. But that sounds like one hell of a paid vacation. (And, for the record, I’m pretty sure you could live decently for a year on $80,000, in D.C.)
May
02
2009
02
2009
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Hegding Their Bets for Sympathy
Anybody besides me finding it real hard to feel sorry for hedge funds these days, given their role in the current economic downturn.
Apr
23
2009
23
2009
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Chew On This
As far as some people are concerned, it’s a disgusting habit. For me, it’s a habit I picked up a year ago when I was in pain from grinding my teeth day and night. I read that chewing gum can relieve daytime bruxism, and it’s definitely given me some relief from grinding my teeth at work. Now it turns out that chewing gum may be good for the body and mind.
Apr
23
2009
23
2009
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Correction
Correction: This statement should have been “We are America. We do not fucking torture, anymore.” Better yet: “America does not toture. Much. Anymore. This week.”
Apr
20
2009
20
2009
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Bidding for Bill?
Hillary Clinton has apparently offered her husband up as a lottery prize, to pay off her campaign debts. OK, so it’s just a day will Bill. Well, while he isn’t the swoon-worthy material he was circa ‘92, a day will Bill Clinton is — at any rate — unlikely to be boring.
Mar
31
2009
31
2009
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Two Hats
I’ve been wearing my content aggregator hat more than my content creator hat. The problem with doing both is that it’s impossible to do either well. So, stay tuned for another digest post, if not much else. You know, the one that always starts “Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about…”? More like that to come…
Mar
28
2009
28
2009
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Gambling Debts.
I’m up to my in articles about the economy and the financial sectors shenanigans, which I’m reading as source material for some work-related writing. This description of credit swaps and derivatives makes about as much sense as any I’ve read. It boils down this: we’re basically paying off Wall Street’s gambling debts. Literally, throwing good money after bad. And I think what’s making people angry is that none of it has eased their economic pain.
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