I don’t care what anybody says:  Sean Hannity has that touch of gray of his cosmetically applied to his temples in order to pretend to a journalistic gravitas that he simply has not earned.  And for that, I despise him.*

From Stephen Green, my Guinness benefactor (who, I don’t believe, is in any way responsible for the two days of suffering I’ve undergone as a result of drinking things I can only identify by their reflux acidity): Hey, just because Arafat is dead doesn’t mean Jimmy Carter can’t still suck up to Palestinian terrorists! Carter has moved beyond an embarrassment and has actually morphed from an ex-President and would-be statesman

I’m pretty sure I just saw one of the UPS guy’s testicles.  Which, let’s face it:  that possibility is the whole reason behind the shorts thing to begin with, right?

If anyone in the blogosphere has been even more inspired than I have about providing correctives to the NSA “domestic spying” story, it’s AJ Strata, who continues to push through the fog of major media spin (see today’s WaPo and NYT for more examples of such) to illuminate the full context of the story—which points to the action of a pair of rogue FISA judges at the epicenter of this

Via Salt Lick, this, from A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing: Some African American authors are being marketed solely as African American authors, and they’re shelved in the African American section of bookstores, even though their books have absolutely nothing to do with African Americans. In other words, a black author writes a sci-fi novel, or a romance, or literary fiction, and it’s automatically catagorized as African American even if it

After watching the ABC “Nightline” report on Wednesday, which provided a sneak preview of some the Saddam tapes featured by the bi-partisan Intelligence Summit over the weekend, I found a few things to be clear:  ABC, working from what some experts believe was a bad translation* and providing viewers with no chronological or global context for the snatches of audio (for instance, it would have been useful to know where

Have a few DVDs for sale.  All in perfect shape.  $6 ea., or all 3 for $15.  Domestic shipping included in the price.  Email me or drop a note in the comments.  All The President’s Men—Redford, Hoffman Network—Dunaway, Holden, Finch Dog Day Afternoon—Pacino (in maybe his best role), Cazale, Durning, Chris Sarandon, a young Carol Kane and a young Lance Henriksen. Now.  Back to gastrointestinal agony and the shakes.