Sal Robinson, an editor at Melville House, in a post headed “On Editing and Being Edited,” muses on two articles on editing by John Simon and Tim Parks, and comes up with the following: “There is, indeed, a conservative tendency to editing at times — a worry that the book won’t sell or will be…
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. Imminent is maybe sometime
Americans are shocked, shocked to learn that their President is a murderer. Well, it’s nice that they can be shocked. President Obama’s “Terror Tuesdays,” his rules that if you’re dead you’re a “militant” and that if you ask questions you’re a traitor have been SOP, and have been known as such, for several years, but…
Beirut and Benghazi: A Tale of Two Administrations
On April 18, 1983, a truck carrying 2,000 pounds of explosives crashed into the American Embassy in West Beirut, killing 63 people. On October 23, 1983, 241 American Marines and 48 French soldiers stationed in Beruit were killed by two truck bombs. A day later, both American and French intelligence felt they had hard evidence…
Scattin’ Tom Weiser—“In Walked Bud”
Tom Weiser, with Paul Fowler on piano and Bijoux Barbosa, bass. Performance at the Canyon Theater, Boulder Public Library, March 20, 2012. Posted by Tom Weiser
Yes, let’s get away from that blame game thing
Today’s Politico features a story by Anna Palmer and Manu Raju on the difficulties Republicans are having raising money on Wall Street. The article quotes billionaire Republican John Catsimatidis, who recently announced he was running for New York City mayor, as follows: “If President Obama shows that Washington is more the middle of the road,…
Pseudo-New Yorker
Legal humor here. “Sure. There will be lots of TV shows about New York. Millions of them. But there will never be another 30 Rock. My heart is in the coffin there with Liz Lemon, and I must pause till it come back to me.” “OK, suppose we do get our own horse in the…
Tim Geithner, not that innocent, not that competent
Tim Geithner is gone, and good riddance. I was quite surprised when Matthew Yglesias, who’s usually to my left, wrote Tim an all but gushy send off, “Five Smart Things Tim Geithner Said on his Way out the Door.” Let’s take a look at two of them: The most frustrating part of this work, but…
Republicans to Tea Party: Remember what we said about immigration? Yeah, it was all bullshit.
The Republican Party Establishment, which has been kissing Tea Party ass for the past four years, is up on its hind legs and shouting again. All the “experts,” like Charles Krauthammer and Bill Kristol, agree: we need to learn to speak Spanish! Florida Senator Mario Rubio, whose name even sounds Spanish, is the self-anointed leader…
Acela Republicans Unite! You Have Nothing To Lose But Your Egos!
Yeah, like that’s going to happen! David Brooks, who’s been pretty damned tired of being a member of the, well, the Yahoo Party, wants to be able to go to a party and have a glass of decent port* without getting an earful of Jesus at the same time. So now he wants to have…
Ben Webster—“Perdido”
Ben Webster in Germany in 1972, not long before his death, with Oscar Peterson, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, and drummer Tony Inzalaco, featuring an excellent bass solo from Pederson. Posted by erwigfilms