running from snifflesWhen I walked into the post office this morning, I was scolded for going out in the cold with wet hair.
The Hip-Hop Mayor: Detroit's Kwame Kilpatrick?Apparently Mr. Kilpatrick's gotten himself in quite a quandry. Again something that has nothing to do particularly with his policy but all the same. Since he ran on a platform of being a child of the hip-hop generation, appearing on …
Bloomberg Factchecks the ClintonsAl Hunt of Bloomberg News dissects what the Obama and Clinton campaigns have been saying about each other—and finds that the Clintons are severely distorting their comments about Obama:
Does Obama Fill America's ‘Unconsummated Desire'?I'm no fan of the NYT's David Brooks, but this column analyzing the Kennedy embrace of Obama, and the larger implications, is breathtaking. Per Brooks:
Mississippi #2 in corruption?I saw this press release a few months ago and thought that this would be a good time to share it. (Go here for the actual Justice Department report.)
Peters-DeLaughter Saga: 'Told You So' TimeThis past weekend, I was going through 2007 issues of the JFP looking for entries for the AAN awards. I ran into this story that Adam and Brian did last year about Faye Peterson's concerns about Judge Bobby DeLaughter's handling …
Caroline Kennedy: Obama Like My FatherThe daughter of John F. Kennedy endorsed Barack Obama this weekend on the op-ed page of The New York Times. In a statement that cannot make the Clintons happy, she said that Obama is the first potential president who has …
Sundance Day 8: Ballast on CNNOkay, so I've been hearing a lot about Ballast . Mostly what I'm hearing is along the lines of, "I LOVE that movie. That's the best movie I've seen at Sundance this year," or, "Oh my gosh, I've heard such …
free-conomiesDoing it yourself is the fly thing to do. But if you can't do it yourself, find someone else to do it for you for free.
Sundance Day 7: Because We're All a Little OffThings are slowing down here in ye olde Jim Shea place. For a few days it's just been the ladies—Nina, Anita and I. Anita and I share what we have fondly dubbed "the Neshoba County Fair Room." It's a hole-in-the-hall, …
Study: 935 ‘Orchestrated' Lies Led Up to Iraqi WarThe Associated Press is reporting on a new study that finds that the Bush administration lied repeatedly about the threats in Iraq leading up to the war:
the ten minute desk makeover*First, sit in your desk chair in front of your computer. Make sure that all of your body parts are in neutral positions.<br />*Your head should be facing straight ahead, with your back upright against the back of your seat.<br …
Lou Dobbs' False Immigrant ‘Facts' Exposed ... AgainCNN's Lou Dobbs continues to dig himself into the xenophobic ground, and challenge FOX's Bill O'Reilly as the most unreliable personality on television. According to a FAIR media analysis, he claimed as "fact" a baseless assertion that half of the …
Sundance Day 5: Movies and MayhemMos Def is here. He's wandering the streets of Park City, promoting Be Kind Rewind , sitting on panels at Blackhouse Foundation, and being all-around AWESOME, because that's just how he is. Yesterday I caught a quick glimpse of him, …
MLK III to Edwards: ‘Keep Fighting'Well, CNN's moderators couldn't help themselves. They began tonight's Democratic debate with an actual issue: the economy. In dazzling contrast to MSNBC's scandal-obsessed debate in Las Vegas, Sens. Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama engaged in intelligent, nuanced discourse …