I’ve seen a lot of those “stupid criminal” things. But this one is in a class by itself. It’s not really clear what this guy’s intent was; that’s why I wrote “burglar/intruder.” He does seem a bit unbalanced—or, as the … Continue reading →
We last heard of NPR’s Vivian Schiller (not to be confused with NPR’s Ron Schiller) in connection with the network’s Juan Williams firing. She survived that controversy. But in one of those hubris/nemesis moments, she’s been asked to leave by … Continue reading →
This is good news if true, because Obama has not been so very popular in Ohio lately. Ohio does seem to be a vital state in presidential elections, especially close ones: remember 2004? Here’s a 2009 article that discusses the … Continue reading →
In a sort of tit-for-tat for the recent Governor Walker-Koch Brothers phone prank, NPR executive Ron Schiller was caught on tape saying some interesting things to people posing as Muslim donors but who were really in cahoots with James O’Keefe. … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →Yesterday I went to a performance of a highly condensed (one hour long) English-langauge version of the opera “Hansel and Gretel” at Boston’s Wheelock Family Theater. I was one of the only people in the crowd without a child or … Continue reading →
Return to work, that is? Only their hairdressers know for sure. Wisconsin is an important front in a battle currently going on across the country in many states, and in many to come. The unions know it and Tea Partiers … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →This article about Rahna Reiko Rizzuto—mother of two who gave up her rights to be their custodial parent when she divorced about ten years ago, and then decided to write a book about it— has gathered over 9,000 comments as … Continue reading →
I’ve written recently about a bunch of polls where Americans were asked what they think about the “right” to collective bargaining for public service union workers. Yesterday I wrote, “I’d also love to have seen a quiz accompanying the poll … Continue reading →
No, Mike Huckabee is not the father of Natalie Portman’s love child. Dancer/choreographer Benjamin Millepied is. The couple fell in love during the filming of the abominable “Black Swan” and are said to be engaged, with Portman’s pregnancy very much … Continue reading →
Jack Cashill has recently published a book called Deconstructing Obama, in which he advances his theory that Bill Ayers ghost-wrote Obama’s well-known memoir Dreams From My Father. Cashill has been called a racist for his pains. This accusation was as … Continue reading →