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April 2007

Identity Politics Gone Wild (or, how to use political pressure to threaten the integrity of an artistic vision)

From The Rocky Mountain News, “Salazar joins critics of series on WWII”: Sens. Ken Salazar of Colorado and Robert Menendez of New Jersey have joined Hispanic veterans and others who say that an upcoming PBS documentary on World War II doesn’t include enough contributions of Hispanics and American Indians. The seven-part series, directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, explores “the experience of war and combat through the

The “the ‘if “Mr Tambourine Man” were written by a libertarian’ post” post

Hey, Mr Tambourine Man Play a song for me, I’m not sleepy and, of course, I’d be willing to pay you the going rate for your services. Hey, Mr Tambourine Man Play a song for me, and if you, sensing my desperation, up your price and I agree to pay it of my own free will, I’m cool with that—at least, you know, in Jingle Jangle theory. But you’d still

“Alleged D.C. madam may release more names”

From the Denver Post/Bloomberg: Deborah Jeane Palfrey, accused of running a Washington prostitution ring for 13 years, apologized to a former deputy secretary of state for revealing he was a client and said more names may be disclosed to help her defend against criminal charges. The State Department official, Randall Tobias, resigned as the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development last week after ABC News asked him about

Un-Tenet-able

ABC News, via “Good Morning America,” tried to pass off as “blockbusters” this morning certain revelations made by George Tenet in his book and on Sunday’s “60 Minutes”—charges quickly, effectively, and (more importantly) factually countered by Press Secretary Tony Snow [as of yet, the Snow interview is not available on ABC’s website]. But while Snow rebutted rather easily news editor Chris Cuomo’s two-fold “blockbuster” suggestions that Tenet “admitted” the threat

White Privilege

Question:  what would happen were an academic to take the actual findings of new AG Cooper’s follow-up report on the Duke “Rape” case and write a dissertation based on those findings? Or, to put it more provocatively:  would a dissertation that posited “black, female entitlement”—based, as it is, on a culture of victim politics that rewards group-based grievance narratives and puts the burden of proving a negative on the accused

“Interchange near Bay Bridge collapses after tanker catches fire”

Evidently, this “fire” superheated the steel undergirding, causing the “collapse”—though Rosie O’Donnell and I know better.  No siree.  You won’t catch us falling for Schwarzenegger’s “official” tale of fire melting steel.  Two words:  missile strike. Working theory:  Bush is trying to get us into a war with bay area sea lions.  For its part, though, the MSM is sopping up the lies: A gasoline tanker crashed and burst into flames

Don’t Have a Crow [Dan Collins]

Were you aware that the American People are Laurie David and Sheryl Crow? Crow was more insistent, poking Rove in the chest and pinching his arm. She said Rove worked for her. Rove said he worked for the American people. Crow said she and David were the American people. And at that point, Rove turned and sat back down at his table, where he was a guest of the New

Good advice that I hope to God I never need use. [Major John]

Words from 1947 that have come back to reverberate again today.  They are good, sound and relevant.  May God grant I never need to follow them.

Apparently Global Warming Isn’t Man-Caused After All [McGehee]

Save the planet! Eat fart-free beef!

Chirp.  Chirp.  [Dan Collins]

Are you still waiting on some elements of the reality-based community to apologize for having served up this Dookrape because it fit the narrative? Among the details of the report: the accuser explained some contradictions in her statements by alleging photographs and other evidence had been fabricated; she wavered on key details of the alleged attack; and she met with prosecutors earlier this month while under the influence of prescription