Monthly Archives: October 2008
‘Idiot Wind’
Washington Post titles editorial about McCain campaign’s Khalidi attack “An ‘Idiot Wind’”. Well, how do you really feel about it? Majority of voters believe McCain’s campaign is just attacks on Obama, aren’t sure what he stands for otherwise. Jon Stewart … Continue reading
‘Foxes’ Preview, Page 1
Teddy O’Connor, my friend and collaborator, has finished page 1 of the graphic interconnected stories (comic?) that we’re doing, called Foxes. He sent this over to me. It’s blank as I’ll be adding the text in later, but this is … Continue reading
The News From Paris
In the apartment I rent in Paris, there’s cable television, something I purposely don’t have at home. I eye it warily as the woman agent taking care of the rental details turns it on. I didn’t bring my computer because … Continue reading
The Good News Bad News Bears
After running the US into the ground and bankrupting the economy by running a permanent campaign and trying to create a “permanent Republican majority”, Republicans would like to warn you about the dangers of one-party rule. This is an amazing … Continue reading
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Short Talk About Coldplay On SNL
Scene: Somewhere in Northampton, at my friend Randy’s handsome apartment. It’s after midnight and rain is pouring down. Visiting Friend of Randy’s From NYC: Uh, is…what are they wearing? Why so many ribbons? Me: It’s Goth Pirate. French Goth Pirate. … Continue reading
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Maybe Someone Could Spend 150k On A Voting Machine That Works In Florida
Campbell Brown, late to the faux feminist outrage ticket, angrily defends Palin against a purported double-standard over criticism that the GOP spent 150k on her wardrobe last month. Somehow forgets Republicans attacking Democratic candidates as elitist, also Republican attacks against … Continue reading
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David Sedaris, On Undecided Voters
I don’t know that it was always this way, but, for as long as I can remember, just as we move into the final weeks of the Presidential campaign the focus shifts to the undecided voters. “Who are they?” the … Continue reading
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C’est Ma Chimère
One week after a column in which Bill Kristol threw Palin softballs designed to provide political cover for her embarrassing media moments, Kristol brazenly suggests McCain is being ill-served by his campaign and McCain fires back, suggesting Kristol is in … Continue reading
The Ring
Perhaps, because I have just been thinking about turning my savings into jewelry I can wear, this happens. At the Southeast corner of the Louvre, on the Rue de Rivoli, a woman bends over near me as I cross the … Continue reading
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In Which I Go To Paris
I go to Paris. The day I leave, I go to the bank to make sure I can take out the money for the rent due on the apartment where I’ll stay, in the 1st. The woman teller is wild-eyed … Continue reading
