My father has a PHd, is extremely well spoken and written, broadly and deeply educated, worldly, is quite liberal, has a very gentle nature and is unshakeable in his convictions. I have tried many times to get him to write here for us, but I’ve failed as yet. I will keep trying as everyone here [...]

Nutballs has posted at his blog, BrainDonkey, a really interesting revelation he had after watching the debate last night. I don’t want to spoil it by paraphrasing, I just want you to go read it. Compliments, NB, on a well identified aspect of the race and a well written post. Lack of eye contact by [...]

Good lord – am I the only person that feels like they’ve been battered about the political body all week? This has got to be one of the weirdest 5 days I’ve ever seen, following some of the financially scariest 7 days we’ve seen in a 80 years, following 19 months of the wildest ride [...]

Boy, have I been wrong. Here I’ve been, well, mocking the McCain campaigns assertion that Alaska’s proximity to Russia is viable and credible evidence of Palin’s international negotiation cred. I must be such an asshole, right? Check out this interchange between Katie Couric and Ms. Palin in her only recent interview for CBS News:  COURIC: [...]

I adore The Daily Show and often stay for The Colbert Report (although I also switch to catch the last 30 minutes of Countdown with Olbermann). Entertainment Weekly did a great interview with them both out of character, but hardly outside of who they are. If you enjoy either of them, it’s worth a few [...]