Jon Stewart is my Hero

Laugh out loud funny.  Jon Stewart captures the essence of Glenn Beck and lives to tell the tale.

Remain calm. All is well.

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From The New York Times:

"The most heartening employment report since last summer suggested on Friday that a recovery is under way — and perhaps gathering steam..."


Countdown to Republicans claiming that any signs of recovery are because of tax cuts in 3...2...1...

Walter Cronkite Has Died

Like many my age, Walter Cronkite was the gold standard for reporting the news. The CBS Evening News was a nightly ritual when I was a kid. I can still remember being sent out of the room when viewer discretion was advised. Some of my earliest memories of the broadcasts included the casualty reports from Vietnam.

Rest in Peace, Mr. Cronkite.

No more teachers, no more books...

Okay, that's not entirely true. I will still see some of my colleagues through the summer, and I have already started reading Geoffrey Nunmerg's collection of essays entitled, The Way We Talk Now, so Alice Cooper's anthem doesn't apply to me.

Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition

There once was a time that Dennis Miller was actually funny, but then he decided to move from the comic with hyperbolically obscure references to a neocon mouthpiece. Dennis Miller just suggested on Bill O'Reilly that Spain's consideration of indictments against six Bush administration officials for their part in condoning torture is as ridiculous as if the United States were preparing indictments for the Spanish Inquisition or for bullfighting.

The stupid, it burns!

NEWSFLASH! Presidents Use Teleprompters!

In case you hadn't realized this up until now, presidents often use notes and teleprompters when delivering prepared speeches.* Thank goodness that we have bloggers to tell us these things.

Egads.



*Presidents don't always write all of their own speeches either. And there is no Easter Bunny.