There’s a pretty exciting week coming up in the sky starting next Monday. First, on Dec 13-14, we have the Geminid meteor shower. Then, on Dec 20-21, a total eclipse of the moon, visible in the entire northern and southern … Continue reading →
…who are the 35% of the American people who think they’re doing better than two years ago?
Continue reading →Ever since Obama has become president, people have been giving him advice. It’s an odd phenomenon, as though they consider him a kid brother who needs a bit of assistance out in the big bad world. Perhaps it’s because of … Continue reading →
It’s the 30th anniversary of the murder of John Lennon, and for the occasion, Rolling Stone has released the full text of an interview he gave three days before he died. It contains these ironic words: These critics with the … Continue reading →
It’s Neil Patrick Harris, hands down.
Continue reading →Today is Pearl Harbor Day. Here’s a post I wrote a year ago in remembrance.
Continue reading →[NOTE: As I said, I’ll be periodically posting reminders about this through the holidays.] What better way to give the gifts that keep on giving than to use neo-neocon as the portal for your Amazon purchases? If you click on … Continue reading →
Obama’s capitulation to the Republicans on the Bush tax cuts has made the left furious. Katrina vanden Heuvel has this to say: This president has a historic mandate. Just as Abraham Lincoln had to lead the nation from slavery and … Continue reading →
Julian Assange is in police custody in England pending a hearing on his Swedish rape charges. The judge has denied bail. There are a few surprises here. One is that the British have had the will to follow through on … Continue reading →
This comment from “bubonicplacebo” appeared on one of the recent Wikileaks threads here: Of course, when the story was all about hacked e-mails concerning climatology, the usual conservative knuckleheads were focused on discussing the merits of the find, rather than … Continue reading →
…is some sort of hero, motivated by an interest in transparency? Think again. And then think some more. [NOTE: I’m having trouble figuring out a category under which to file posts on Wikileaks and Assange. I don’t have a category … Continue reading →
We’ve gotten so unused to Congressional deals during the past couple of years (except among the Democrats themselves, to get votes from Blue Dogs) that the prospect of this one seems odd and novel. But the Dems are poised to … Continue reading →