BOULDER — Michelle Obama was at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Wednesday, and told a huge crowd of students that today was the day they needed to register to vote if they were going to join their fellow students in being the deciding factor in winning Colorado for Barack. Estimates say there are still roughly 170,000 students and other …
Palin is “Religulous,” but Maher is “RiDICKulous.” Bill Maher‘s new mooovie, Religulous, is not going to make it on Sarah Palin’s “to do” list this year, or any other. And it’s a shame too, because Sarah Palin, if she had been willing to talk to Maher, would have been just the sort of interview he should have put in the …
The way to feed rabbits is to feed hay to horses. A lovely little adage better known as trickle down economics. Unfortunately, it also describes even the modified bailout plan promoted by congressional Democrats, a plan that has no guarantee of ever working nor limits on the eventual cost. Instead of a top down approach, a bottom up strategy that …
Shai Sachs: Dispatches from the Religious Left will be released in about a week, on Oct. 1, 2008. The book, edited by Frederick Clarkson, contains a wide variety of thoughtful essays on what the Religious Left is and how it should move forward, including a brief chapter on new media that my wife and I co-write. If you happen to …
Ex-president Bush shakes hands with ex-president McCain, who was officially replaced as president today, after a stroke left him with the communication skills of a very bright rutabaga, (a cross between a cabbage and a turnip.) McCain’s wicked shiner was not explained. Excerpts from Mark Crispin Miller: (my emphasis) The choice of Sarah Palin has been widely and repeatedly assailed …
Guess who took this picture. John McCain still thinks someone wants to put him in a box. “When you’ve lived in a box, you “only have time for right,” says a deep cowboy voice oozing authenticity, while the orgasmically large flat screen shows the aged maverick returning to his Vietnam prison cell and “forgiving” his captors— and their nation— for, …
More galaxies than grains of sand on every beach of this world. Taken with the Hubble Deep Field, January 15, 1996 Since it’s a lovely morning, why don’t we take stock of a few things that most of us take for granted. Let’s start with some practical aspects of “reality.” Here we are— billions of us— whizzing through time and …
