Jeff’s got his hands full today, so I’ll try and contribute a bit in the moments I have. Camille Paglia pops up at Salon to beg AlGore not to run, and provides her usual blend of keen insight and unfounded goofiness, as for instance in this sentence: After two major televised debates by both parties, only a Pollyanna on helium would believe that any of the top-tier Democrats will definitely

Phillips: “…And with that I mind, I hereby declare June, ‘National Let Your Kids Dose and Maybe Get Mick Jagger Off with Their Hand’ month.”

Lost My Cookies emails: My younger brother Brendan was in a bicycle accident on Saturday and from what I’ve heard he will have both of his arms in a cast for a while.  […] he’s in London and about 5000 miles away from anyone he knows.  Anyway, my other brother said Brendan was feeling pretty down.  So I’m trying to cheer him up.  I’ve set up a gmail account for

Interesting article by PJM’s Oleg Atbashian, who locates a nexus between a strain of social conservative boilerplate and the totalitarian impulses behind anti-capitalist dogma in the course of discussing the dynamism of media depravity and capitalism. The thesis of Atbashian’s piece— “In the days when capitalism ran wild, depravity in the media stayed harnessed; today when capitalism is harnessed, depravity in the media runs wild. There’s a reason for that”—

Just so’s you know, toward the end of his life, Jacques Derrida took to wearing a cape. Which is in direct contrast to Abe Vigoda, who has never been seen without a suit—even by his many lovers. Is it any coincidence, then, that you’d have a better chance of catching Vigoda dry humping a head shot of Barbara Barrie than hearing him utter the phrase, “immediately or in the end,

Like waking up each morning to a steaming hot cup of unfunny smug—Black, no cream, and with enough artificial sweetener to choke a Diet Pepsi. I miss Rosie already. 

Chris Clarke and I have sparred from time to time, but there’s no doubt he’s an intelligent man, and in his “Open Letter To The Progressive Blogosphere,” he makes many of the arguments about today’s “Progressive” movement that I’ve made here and elsewhere— and for which I’ve been chided, chastised, and demonized by many on the left side of the blogosphere, Mr Clarke (at times) included.  Writes Chris: There are

Score one for the “nativists,” I guess.  From the Rocky Mountain News: Students who don’t speak English score far below other students in math and reading, the Pew Hispanic Center said Wednesday. Colorado’s figures followed the national trend, according to a report released by the Washington-based affiliate of the Pew Research Center. Richard Fry, a researcher who prepared the report, said the findings aren’t surprising because they are based on