George Will—that’s George F. Will to you, pretty boy—has been getting a lot of mileage out of this column, making fun of Mitt Romney, for not knowing whether he thinks ethanol subsidies are a good idea or not. Well, I’m sorry. Making fun of a politician with presidential aspirations for not knowing whether he likes…
Author: Alan Vanneman
Cats can talk!
In fact, they can do just about anything, according to Bicycle Ben, Harrisburg’s answer to Hans Arp. But who is talking here? Not the cyclist, obviously. He’s got too much on his mind. But the cats might have something to say, and even the chick, not to mention an omniscient voice-over. See if you can…
Ross Douthat, doubling down the dyspepsia
It’s tough, being a Republican with a brain these days. Or even half of one, judging from the howls of pain being emitted by two of my less favorite people, John Podhoretz and Ross Douthat. John, in what Ross describes as a “dyspeptic assessment of the Republican field,” takes a particular swing at Rick Perry,…
The New Inequality: 1) It’s growing 2) Does anyone care?
The new report from the Congressional Budget Office on Trends in the Distribution of Household Income Between 1979 and 2007 is causing a fair amount of heartburn on the right. Apparently, the news that the folks at the top of the pole (the top 1 percent) more than doubled their share of the nation’s income,…
Football is just an extension of government. Or is it the other way around?
Over at Salon, Steve Kornacki has a nice piece on the endless machinations necessary to decide which college football teams get to become members of the cool conferences and which lose out. If you’ve ever asked yourself why, back in ’94, Texas Tech got into the Big 12, whoever they are, and Rice did not,…
Steve Jobs: Saint or Shithead?
Judging from the outpouring of comment on the Internet, I was touched by Steve Jobs far less than most. I have never owned a single Apple product. Back in the day, when computers were new, I disdained the Mac, thinking that “Apples were for girls,” a judgment that I think still stands up. Back in…
There will always be a New York Times. But why?
Actually, I’m a big fan of the Times, and I even subscribe, but there are times when the Times descends, or perhaps plummets, to self-parody. One of those times occurred in a recent article on South Korean pop, a subject perhaps too rarely visited by Timesmen and Timesbabes. In any event, Timesman Jon Caramanica, referring…
Rummy’s head revisited
Yesterday I had to eat a little crow after, well, after I crowed over the fact that Donny’s Little Hideaway, aka the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, was going to be abandoned now that all U.S. troops are being pulled out of Iraq, when, in fact, it’s being expanded, at least in terms of staff. I…
“Jackie-ing” Times Two
Monk Inc, featuring Ben Higham (trumpet, flugelhorn and tuba), Simon Youngman (soprano and alto sax), Mark Read (bass trumpet and tuba), Ivars Galenieks (double bass), and Geoff Charlton (drums). Posted by tmrn21 https://youtu.be/Sy7tt36LXfs andrew lawrence zach hobin will mason Posted by wmason88
Better never than late? I protest!
Okay, I’m a week late and a dollar short with this one. Who cares? They’re Republicans! Plus, Rick is fooling with the birther thing, Herman doesn’t know if he’s pro-choice or not and he also can’t remember how much he hates gays. So these guys are totally free game in my book. So, why did…