Same as It Ever Was October 31, 2010 – I like to think that we would have evolved in 200 years. I’m a lumberjackkitteh October 31, 2010 – Ha! I’m a lumberjackkitteh October 31, 2010 – Ha! After the Election, Gerrymandering October 30, 2010 Transportation and Equality October 31, 2010 Lenore Skenazy: 'Stranger Danger' and the Decline of Halloween – WSJ.com October 31, 2010
Month: October 2010
Booze News: First ARTHUR, Now THE THIN MAN? October 30, 2010 – RIDICULOUS T.I.'s wife charged with drug possession in L.A. October 29, 2010 – “T.I’.s Wife” sounds like a Gothic novel, or a Sam Shepard play. Just sayin. Gawker's nonstory about Christine O'Donnell reveals the public's role in making a "sex scandal." October 29, 2010 – Dear Media Gods, Thank you so much for giving us Christine O’Donnell. She probably isn’t going to the…
‘The New Journalism Ecosystem’ report profiles 60 nonprofit news outlets October 29, 2010 A new book takes down Breast Cancer Awareness Month. October 29, 2010 McDonald’s Telling Employees How to Vote in Ohio October 29, 2010 Tea Party candidate spills black men’s secrets October 28, 2010
Food: The Gypsy Picnic Rolls Into Town November 6 October 28, 2010 – LOVE IT.
Review: Knob Creek Single Barrel October 25, 2010
Literary Death Match at the Texas Book Festival [Reading Preview] October 15, 2010 – Whatever it takes, I guess.
NewsHour interviews with Justices Breyer and O’Connor October 15, 2010 – Oh, happiness for a Supreme Court geek like me. Murkowski to air ads with Ted Stevens October 15, 2010 – Is this gonna be like when Natalie Cole sang duets with her deceased dad through the miracle of split-screen and editing? Your right to personal privacy is shrinking even as Corporate America’s is growing. October 14, 2010 Since Dick Cheney shot him, Harry Whittington's…
The 8 Tech Gadgets That Saved the Chilean Miners October 14, 2010 A Defense of Jonathan Capehart October 14, 2010 – I am sometimes sensitive to uneducated word choice. But even as someone who cringes when words like “touching” and “courage” are used in connection with disabled people, I have to say the author is right. Over-parsing of words, especially when the substance of the comments is honorable, has a lot to do with what’s…
Alamo Drafthouse charts N.Y., L.A. expansion October 13, 2010 – Look out big city: the Alamo is coming. This is a great theater concept, part of whose charm is the lack of hard-sell pre-movie advertising. Oh yeah, and beer. C&L's Late Night Music Club With George Jones And Tammy Wynette October 12, 2010 Waterloo Records top 50 for ACL Fest 2010 October 12, 2010 Chile mining minister describes rescue process October 12, 2010 Texting on…
Media Circus at the Chilean Mine October 12, 2010 How do today's shorter, simpler TV theme songs stack up to the classics of the genre? October 12, 2010 – JOURNALISM, that’s what it is: all the hard-hitting, must read news you need to know. Theme songs? Really?