Daily Archives: January 29, 2008
State of the Union, As Experienced By Most People
An unusually honest message from the 75-year-old winner of the DCCC Real State of the Union Video contest.
Christopher Hitchens On The Clintons’ History With The “Race Card”
How can one equal Bill Clinton for thuggery and opportunism when it comes to the so-called “race card”? And where does one even start with the breathtaking nastiness of his own conduct, and that of his supporters, in the last … Continue reading
Filed under politics
From The Liar’s Diary, by Patry Francis
There was so much talk about the new music teacher that her coming was almost anticlimactic. However, I would soon learn that Ali Mather never allowed herself to be upstaged — not even by her own advance publicity. The very … Continue reading
Filed under blogs, fiction break, novels, writers, writing
Briefly Noted: This Week’s Header
Yes, this week’s header is a picture of me as a small child, reading a magazine. I can only make out the ad with a promise of a 5,000 scholarship. The only things I remember with ads like that were … Continue reading
Filed under author's own, koreanish headers