Finally, something French I can get behind that’s not named Ludivine Sagnier… Next up: aerosol cheese. Welcome to the 21st century, mes amis…
April 24, 2004
I made this!
John Kerry’s campaign looks more and more like an “X-Files” episode with each passing day. I don’t know about the rest of you, but me, I’m stocking up on silver bullets, sharpened stakes, and cloves of garlic strung into demon-repellent necklaces. I’m also thinking about writing a flat tax manifesto and folding it into the shape of a crucifix. Just in case. Lenin to Kerry: “Beware the power of the
April 24, 2004
Decline and Fall of the Western World
Is there anything worse than death by trial lawyer? Probably not — until we start seeing advertisements for “Joey Buttafuoco: The Cologne.” And don’t think it won’t happen, either.
April 24, 2004
Brautigan, Revisited – an American love story
Chapter 3: Trout Fishing in America Revisited Chapter 1. Chapter 2. “Do I know you?” I asked after awhile, confident that I didn’t. “No,” she said. “But then I don’t know you, either.” That made two of us. She took another swig of my Boone’s Farm wine, strawberry, then wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, eyeing me carefully. “Why the long face?” she asked finally. I smiled.
April 24, 2004
Talking back to 80s music, 3
Yes, I do. I really want to hurt you and I really want to make you cry. Now wipe your face and lose that stupid hat. The neighbors are starting to talk…
April 23, 2004
The protein wisdom interview: Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT. He is the author of dozens of books, including Power and Terror and Middle East Illusions. His book 9-11 was an international bestseller. protein wisdom: “To borrow a question from David Barsamian, in recent years, the Pentagon and then the media have adopted the term ‘collateral damage’ to describe the death of civilians. Talk about the
April 23, 2004
The Anti-Mercenary
American hero. For all of Michael Moore’s bloated, furniture-bumping, sweatsoaked girth, he’ll never be half the man this guy was. RIP. **** [Update: Juliette offers her thoughts]
April 23, 2004
Overdetermination
Writing in Reason, Cathy Young bemoans the partisanship of the 9/11 commission, then points to one of the most interesting tidbits to emerge from the proceedings, which she notes has received very little press coverage: One startling fact to emerge from the 9/11 hearings is that, apparently, the Federal Aviation Administration hits airlines with fines if more than two people of the same ethnic background are subjected to extra scrutiny
April 23, 2004
Imagine there’s no country…
Charles Krauthammer, distilling John Kerry’s Iraq policy down to vinegar: “If I’m president,” John Kerry said, “I will not only personally go to the U.N., I will go to other capitals.” For Kerry, showing up at Kofi Annan’s doorstep and sweeping through allied capitals is no rhetorical flourish, no strategic sideshow. It is the essence of his Iraq plan: “Within weeks of being inaugurated, I will return to the U.N.
April 23, 2004
Mail Bag
Dear Jeff: I found your web journal while doing a Google search for ‘whatever happened to Keisha Knight Pulliam?’ (don’t ask) and I just wanted to let you know I liked very much what I read here. 80s music most definitely rocks! I’ll be back! Now, go make me a turkey pot pie! With kind regards (and don’t you, forget about me!) Judd Nelson PS. I support the troops! Thanks,