We all know rational, intelligent people that honestly believe the most absurd things. I know someone who thinks she was abducted by aliens. On a related note, I also know someone who swears he saw a UFO in Miami Beach. And he was with his mother, who saw it too. I know another person who…Continue Reading…
Before I head off for a late summer vacation, I’d like to point out two notable op-eds appearing in today’s NYT. One is by Nicholas Kristof, who, after mentioning opposition to the Islamic center in lower Manhattan, goes on to discuss “earlier waves of intolerance in American history,” not out of hatred or bigotry, but…Continue Reading…
Goes to this post on McCain’s killer campaign ad. Yeah, he’s been running away from cap and trade, but that doesn’t take away from the head.
This exchange between Republican Senator James Inhofe and Deborah Solomon in the Sunday NYT magazine is priceless. Inhofe: Can you tell me one reason to close Gitmo? NYT: Because it’s on foreign soil, where prisoners don’t have the same legal rights as prisoners tried here, and we want to apply the same laws to everybody….Continue Reading…
In passing comments published in yesterday’s New York Times Book review section, Stephen King explains how the previous Administration inspired the theme for his new new novel: I enjoyed taking the Bush-Cheney dynamic and shrinking it to the small-town level. The last administration interested me because of the aura of fundamentalist religion that surrounded it…Continue Reading…
In their third (and final?) critique of a certain climate blogger, Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus explain to their own critics why they don’t take on the other side: The work of holding Republican obstructionists, anti-government extremists, and right-wing conspiracy mongers to task is work for principled conservatives, not liberals. The work of greens and…Continue Reading…
A certain democratic senator talks warmly about the environmental Darth Vader: We are really very good friends. It’s a good working relationship we have. People are very surprised about it. Oh man, you have no idea just how surprised some green-colored people will be.