The Economist is noted for its dry wit …
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008… but they also have that British breeding thing going on, so you know this is a spoof: an Economist cover that might be appropriate for the week so far. (Note: Language!)
Archive for the 'News and politics' Category
Anatomy of a TV news theme
Saturday, October 4th, 2008Weekend America had an interesting interview with a composer named Peter Fish, who is apparently the go-to guy for TV news themes.
Fish described how the different networks’ news themes express their personality (if you will). For example, CBS is very traditional with lots of strings; FOX’s theme, on the other hand, is [...]
Celebrating Banned Books Week
Friday, October 3rd, 2008… Ur doin it rite:
On winking
Friday, October 3rd, 2008My paternal uncle lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma for most of his life. He was handsome (in later years he sported a gorgeous head of white hair), roguish, and generous. He dropped in to visit his aging mother every day. He wore beautiful turquoise belt buckles. He was an occasional bootlegger, and [...]
The trivialization of American democracy
Friday, October 3rd, 2008According to Howie Klein at DownWithTyranny!:
This morning I woke up and heard partisan gladiators for the Republican Party, Inc — Pat Buchanan, Rudy Giuliani and Joe Scarborough — talking about how Sarah Palin had passed a test and proven she had what it takes to be president. She proved no such thing. She proved she [...]
What happens when you venture off the reservation
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008Kathleen Parker ed. (Via atrios.)
Is it bad form to jump up and down and screech, “WE TOLD YOU SO!”?
We told you so.
Ayn Rand was (sort of) right
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008I keep hearing the debate over the bailout through a half-remembered bit in Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged.” As I recall the plot, the country had gone into the tank as a result of the Eevil Libruls ™. The Hero was listening to a recovery plan being espoused by the chief Eevil Librul, and the [...]
Who ya got?
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008September Madness, too big to fit here.
(Hat tip to my brother)
This isn’t helping my “don’t panic” plan
Monday, September 29th, 2008The Rogue Columnist:
“For the first time in my life, I’m afraid for our country.”
[...] You know the high points: most of us are doing worse now than eight years ago, and it’s becoming clear that the next generation may well see lower living standards that its predecessor. Has that ever happened in America? [...]
It’s a wollif! It’s a wollif!
Monday, September 29th, 2008I’ve been noticing this, so I enjoyed Leonard Pitts pointing it out in his elegant and punchy way. It is sort of grimly amusing to hear the Bush administration going “PANIC PANIC PANIC” and everyone else going “Yeah, we’ll get back to you on that.” I guess we have all learned something in the last [...]
