Obama tries to gain momentum…
…says this article. Remember “Joementum“? Should Obama call this “Omentum”?
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New presidential polls
The most interesting thing to me in this article about a recent NBC/WallStJournal poll isn’t Obama’s approval rating, which is low but still surprisingly high at 44%. What drew my attention instead was this: While Perry appears to be the … Continue reading →
The burning question of the day…
…is answered just in time.
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Happy Labor Day!
Labor Day is the bookend on the opposite end of summer from its holiday beginning, Memorial Day. July Fourth is its early peak, with the promise of many long light-filled days ahead. But Labor Day is summer’s last gasp, the … Continue reading →
Fonda: Jane and Roger and Tom and Che and…
Che, you ask? Jane Fonda and Che? Well, sort of. According to a new biography of Fonda being published in early October, some time in the early 70s she “supposedly confided during a feminist consciousness-raising session, ”˜My biggest regret is … Continue reading →
Horowitz plays
One of the things that most fascinates me here (aside from the obvious virtuosity of Horowitz’s flying fingers) is the remote quality of his face. It’s as though he is observing his fingers from a greater distance than usually separates … Continue reading →
Julian Assange in trouble…
…for this abominable act.
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Ronald Brownstein thinks that the recent ten-year stretch—the one that’s been going on since 9/11—is the worst America’s been through since the Civil War and then the Great Depression. I disagree. I think that the decade beginning some time in … Continue reading →
Scions of fame unite, you have nothing to lose but your names (sort of)
Now here’s a wedding: This Sunday, David Lauren, son of legendary designer Ralph Lauren, and Lauren Bush, granddaughter of President George H.W. and niece of President George W., will join forces in holy matrimony. One of the burning questions that … Continue reading →
The rubber hand trick
On body perception and the brain: This phenomenon doesn’t surprise me in the least. After my arm surgery, when my right elbow was frozen for a long time, I lost some of the sense that the arm belonged to me. … Continue reading →
Fannie and Freddie sueing banks over mortgages
Fannie and Freddie cry innocent over their investment in bad mortgage securities; it’s the big bad bankers’ fault! And now it’s time for the government to sue: The federal agency that oversees the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac … Continue reading →