I don’t think it’s been a big secret that New York Governor Elliot Spitzer entertains White House ambitions, so I anticipated some flack for not including him on the list of possible running mates for Barack Obama. My rationale was… Continue Reading
In a post that belongs on favorite relationship-analysis website Bobvis, the Freakonomics Blog at NYT presents a remarkably shallow exchange of remarkably clear economic thought: The Gold-Digger versus the Heartless Hedge Fund Veep.
Polk County, Iowa, is the county in which Des Moines, Iowa’s largest city, sits. A judge in Polk County has ruled that a ban on same-sex marriages violates the state Constitution’s equal protections clause. The ruling is sure to be… Continue Reading
Seeing the news about Senator Larry Craig’s lewd conduct arrest and guilty plea* and an incisive analysis of the power of hypocrisy to disaffect voters away from the Republican party, I find myself glad of the fact that I have… Continue Reading
It all started with a throwaway joke by Joe Scarborough on his punditry show on MSNBC about Jeri Kehn, “Right Said” Fred Thompson’s smokin’ hot wife. Suddenly, it seems the whole blogosphere is aware of the fact that not only… Continue Reading
Loyal Readers participating in last week’s poll overwhelmingly thought women look better now than at any time in the past. Interesting. I was kind of partial to the 1940’s look; what with the pencil skirts, stockings, and hats and all.… Continue Reading
High definition TV is not complete without a playback system, and that means DVD’s. Two formats have emerged — HD-DVD and Blu-Ray have been competing for consumer dollars for a while, and a lot of people are wondering which system… Continue Reading
Mediations are draining affairs. You often think they’re going to be short, if the parties have only money to talk about, and then they last all day while the parties negotiate every damn thing. I’ve written a skit to describe… Continue Reading
I suspect that this will help Phil Angelides more than Arnold Schwarzenegger. Seriously, how many of her voters were going to vote Republican otherwise? But, um, I’m still thinking that we’re going to see the Governator re-elected.
People get different kinds of spam. Some people (amusingly a lot of women) seem to get penis-enlargement or performance-enhancing herbal supplement advertisements. There was also the enticements to buy straight-up porn. Time was, I could count on having to devote… Continue Reading