9/11 Blues
In a quiet TV ad that has been running in the New York market, people silently show where they were on 9/11, when they heard the news. A woman sitting on her bed leans over slightly; a man stands in...
View ArticleThe Tears of Pedro Martinez
When New York Mets ace Pedro Martinez came out of last night’s game in Pittsburgh after only three ineffective innings and 68 pitches, and with his team losing 4-0, he sat down at the end of the dugout...
View ArticleSeven at New Orleans Times-Picayune Win Duranty-Blair Prize
New Orleans Times-Picayune reporters Brian Thevenot, Gordon Russell, Jeff Duncan and Gwen Filosa; managing editors, news, Peter Kovacs and Dan Shea; and editor Jim Amoss, are the newest winners of the...
View ArticleTerrell Owens: Just Selfish, Or Bipolar?
After all-pro Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens’ reported suicide attempt Tuesday night, don’t be surprised if we hear of a diagnosis of bipolar disorder (aka manic-depression) in his case....
View ArticleElection: GOP’s 50-Year Reich Collapses
Geniuses George W. Bush and Karl Rove had the attitude that their Republican and conservative base (aka “the suckers”) had no choice but to vote GOP. Such arrogance resulted in Bush and Rove having a...
View ArticleThe Death of a President
Forty-three years ago this month, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of these United States, was felled in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald, a communist and dishonorably discharged Marine. For most...
View Article25 Years After John Belushi’s Death, His Cult Lives On
John Belushi is dead! John Belushi lives! Twenty-five years after John Belushi (1949-1982) died (culminating a four-day binge in which he drank enough booze, snorted enough coke, and had a...
View ArticleWhat Does Mike Francesa Have Against Willie Randolph?
On March 4 on his New York TV sports talk show, Mike’d Up on NBC’s New York affiliate, Mike Francesa snubbed New York Mets skipper, Willie Randolph. Francesa was talking about the Mets’ prospects this...
View ArticleKnoxville Horror: Trial Dates Set; MSM “Discovers” Case; Bloggers Continue...
The MSM is finally starting, ever so modestly, to report on Tennessee’s Knoxville Horror, even as far from the crime scene as Denver! (A tip o’ the hat to Modern Tribalist.) On May 17, Knox County...
View ArticleCatching Bad Guys – No Hollywood Types Need Apply: An Interview with A U.S....
Remember the big set piece in the movie The Fugitive (1993), when in a fiery train crash, Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford), wrongly convicted for his wife's murder, escapes from the bus taking him...
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