From the San Francisco Chronicle‘s David Kipen: Saul Bellow, the 1976 Nobel Prize-winning Canadian-born writer whose groundbreaking 1953 novel “The Adventures of Augie March” helped craft the template for half a century of first-generation American fiction, died Tuesday in his home in Brookline, Mass. He was 89. “The backbone of 20th-century American literature has been provided by two novelists—William Faulkner and Saul Bellow,” Philip Roth said Tuesday. “Together they are

Billy Joel:  “Do you remember those days hanging out at the village green?  Engineer boots, leather jackets, and tight blue jeans.  Drop a dime in the box, play a song about New Orleans.  Cold beer, hot lights, my sweet romantic teenage nights –” Former supermodel Christie Brinkley: “– Um, no. I was like 8 at the time, remember?  And living in LA.  Christ, how much have you had to drink,

Confederate Yankee, writing on the Border War, makes this interesting observation: In 2004, the equivilent of 160 12,500 military divisions simply walked northward across the U.S.-Mexican border to disappear into our country’s interior. Opposing them is an apathetic federal government, a complicit media, an overworked Border Patrol, and now, the militia the Constitution intended. Meanwhile, Barry Schweid for myway news is reporting that the U.S. will tighten border controls by

Last week on The CITIZEN JOURNALIST Report, I challenged leftwing heavyweight and Media Matters gopher Oliver Willis to come on the show and question LGF’s Charles Johnson about Charles’ alleged “hate site”—a favorite posting theme of Ollie’s.  Today, we’ll find out if he has the balls. And by “balls,” I mean something approximating “courage” or “fortitude.” Not those little corn puffs dusted with powdered cheese product. **** update:  No word

You know what? You don’t have to post anything.  I mean, if it’s no longer fun, it’s no longer fun. **** update:  Of course, it could be fun again in an hour or so.  I’m fractious like that.

From Variety: In a move unlikely only because it’s taken this long to happen, pundit-about-town Arianna Huffington is extending her hosting largess to the blogosphere. This month the wannabe California governor is launching a Slate-like Web site where a cast of bigwigs, including Sen. Jon Corzine (D-N.J.), David Geffen, Barry Diller, Larry David, Tom Freston, Ari Emanuel, Jim Wiatt, Tina Brown and Harold Evans will each have their own blog

To hell with the peanuts and Cracker Jacks, man! Poppa wants an eight-dollar Budweiser, and some of them tasty plastic-trayed nachos—the ones with the jalapeno pepper slices and the ladle-ful of warmed-up      Cheez-Wiz.