Finally saw this on DVD. If you've seen it or not, you probably know there are a lot of twists, some of which I saw coming--and was gla...

I was up early this morning and saw the breaking news on CNN about the huge quake in Pakistan . And I thought, as one does, about what a ter...

Nine more American soldiers have been killed in something like the last 24 hours in Iraq. 21 soldiers have been killed in the last week. Sin...

You know, just when I think I can stop making those "guess which prominent right-winger is pissed off at Bush's choice of Miers now...

From Media Matters for America: Focus on the Family founder and chairman James C. Dobson predicted on his radio program that allowing same-s...

Evangelicals, Republican women, Southerners and other critical groups in President Bush's political coalition are worried about the dire...

The following news item by Associated Press writer John Solomon seems to me a perfect example of the kind of bad writing and reporting we...

Shakespeare's Sister has a good entry on " outing " today. I especially agree with this part: I always find it interesting tha...

Anne from Peevish adds some things in response to that report that alleges Democrats can't win with liberal voters? Just let them get s...

To anyone who remembers some of the shit the republicans pulled before and during the Clinton impeachment, the following can only be seen as...

Part two in what's looking like it's going to be a continuing feature on blogs I find through the wonders of Site Meter. A blogger c...

I suppose it's the masochist in me but I've been taking a little tour of the pro-Bush right-wing blogs reaction to the president...

Esquire magazine has named Jessica Biel their 'Sexiest Woman Alive' for 2005. I'm not going to make a list of women I think are...

In Sioux Falls, some parents are up in arms because of some new textbooks... "There's some drawings of the whole entire frontal of ...

As I noted at the the time, the prolifc author of the 87th Precinct novels and others, Ed McBain, died earlier this year. His last book, Fi...

Here's the whole post , excerpts follow. Two "intellectuals" from the Clinton centrist era have issued a new report saying the...

Wasn't it just yesterday I was saying how interesting it should be to see Bush's next round of polling numbers? Well, guess what. Th...

I don't speak the language I can't understand a word... --Pet Shop Boys, "Discoteca" About 10 days ago, I added Site Meter...

But it is, apparently, a really big deal that Rove is testifying in the CIA leak case a fourth time. Presidential confidant Karl Rove will ...