It’s not uncommon to hear complaints about the Electoral College every four years. It’s an anachronistic system to be sure, one designed for a time when average citizens had no direct say in who became president.
But now, for better or worse, we each have the chance to cast a ballot for our presidential candidate of [...]
…or “Watch as I cover the superficial”
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It’s starting to look like McCain got caught in a shocking exaggeration or outright fabrication of his own POW experience.
Over the weekend, both McCain and Obama stroked uberpowerful-Evangelical Pastor Rick Warren’s ego by participating in his presidential forum. During McCain’s performance, he recalled a real tear-jerker of a [...]
While I was putting away groceries last night, I caught a glimpse of Hardball on MSNBC. Chris Matthews has been taking a break, so Mike Barnicle (great name) was guest-hosting.
Barnicle had an unremarkable panel of pundits at his disposal and the topic moved to a quote from Obama at a recent fund-raising event:
We are now [...]
… but here’s more about Batman.
One of the facets of the Batman mythos (isn’t that word so pretentious sounding?) that appeals most to me is his normalness. Bruce Wayne doesn’t have superpowers. He just has money and physical prowess. A lot of what he does borders on possible.
Sure that sounds crazy, but here is [...]
1) Keith Olbermann, in a Special Comment, responded to just about every Glenn Greenwald criticism from last week:
Bravo Keith. Thanks for finally saying what you should have from the beginning.
2) The Columbia Journalism Review is right on in its criticism of the press coverage of the tizzy between the Obama and McCain campaign caused by [...]