Archives for May 2006

A friend asks: “So what’s next, another

To the pressed the case for war today at Arlington National Cemetery, just a short time after signing into law a bill that restricts protests at military funerals, he would have said two things. The first, according to Complete Poems: 1913-1962 EmailFacebookTwitterReddit

Bullshitter-in-Chief as the true pop-cult idol of our time. Here’s his portrait, right, a study in heroic banality concocted by editorial cartoonist ‘toons for CNN.com. The truth is I haven’t watched “American Idol” in three years, ever since leaving MSNBC.com, where I had to write about it as part of my job. But I did […]

“Armed Groups Propel Iraq Toward Chaos,” follows up on his colleague what Nir Rosen and Ahmed Hashim had to say a couple of weeks ago at the Council on Foreign Relations. Just thought you might like to know, if you didn’t already. Filkins is well worth reading. Like Rosen, Hashim, and Tavernise, he gives the […]

Back from four great days in Philly and recovering from trainlag (the ride took only 90 minutes, but Amtrak does that to me), I see the Metropolitan Opera’s Martin Bernheimer’s billing for it in the Financial Times: The valedictory exercise promises to be the most momentous event at Lincoln Center since the stuntmaster David Blaine, […]

Remember the report — if true — is fondly to be wished. There’s been no confirmation, official or unofficial. EmailFacebookTwitterReddit

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Ahmed Hashim told what they knew. “I think there is absolutely no hope that things will get better in Iraq,” said Rosen, who was last in Baghdad three weeks ago. “The civil war will get worse.” What’s more, he added, “the government of Iraq, if it has a role, it’s a negative one.” He was […]

What’s wrong with Nicholas Kristof? In his column this morning, Bullshitter-in-Chief “hasn’t gotten much credit” for his stand against sex trafficking, fine. But please don’t turn reality inside out while doing it. EmailFacebookTwitterReddit

History doesn’t repeat, but does it go round and round? Consider these words, posted on May 17, 2004, in Bullshitter-in-Chief‘s regime took over totally. Sunshine — that is, Congressional inquiries with Democrat-controlled subpoena power — hid behind Republican clouds in both the House and Senate. Now consider these words, reported today on the front page […]

Word comes that a collection of 570 Joseph Marioni told bloomberg.com, “He’s a German Andy Warhol,” except that his work “has no decorative quality whatsoever.” Now have a look at

Some good, some bad. Take this MobyLives eventually came back in different form. Now it sounds off as a literary podcast,

Are the front-page editors of The New York Times embarrassed that it took them so long to catch up with The Wall Street Journal, which front-paged the same story three years ago? Probably not. But maybe they should be. Way back on Aug. 11, 2003, under the subhead The basics of the story about “An […]

“Cobra II.” What more could they have to say that they hadn’t said already? Still, it was worth witnessing Michael Gordon and Bernard Trainor this morning at the