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Dennis Miller is a thug…

18 March 2004

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Strong words, I know, but after seeing him insulting and dismissing lefty critic Eric Alterman on his show, I feel the verdict is in. Here’s a summary: Alterman says the Bush Administration doesn’t have any regard for the truth, only political expedience. Miller doesn’t argue this point, but makes fun of Alterman’s supposedly laconic manner. [...]

News of the day…

17 December 2003

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Apparently cartoonist Aaron MacGruder struck a nerve at the recent birthday celebration for The Nation. The Boondocks creator said that the American left-wing should “be mean” if necessary, doing whatever it takes to win power. He even–horrors!–castigated Gore for losing in 2000. “Noble failure is not good enough,” he said. He’s right. Let’s get rid [...]

A Talk with Mort Sahl

25 August 2003

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Just read an interview with satirist Mort Sahl, still pissed off at age 76. He’s always been right on the beam about the Kennedy assassination, the canary in the coal mine; I’m not talking specifics, I’m talking about knowing that something was fishy and politicized and “spun.” And it wasn’t simply JFK-worship, either: He got [...]

Ghost ‘n’ the Machine

5 June 2003

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Twenty five years after it was published, “Four Arguments For the Elimination of Television ” is still selling. Its author is profiled in this article, which also contains a summary of his book’s four main points. Oh what the hell, here they are: “1. The direct experience of life is routinely crowded out by TV’s [...]

The Nation on The New Yorker on The War on Terror

18 May 2003

2550 Comments2003-05-18+18%3A09%3A00Michael

Those of you irritated by my constant carping about The New Yorker magazine, might take a look at this essay by Daniel Lazare in The Nation. For those pressed for time, I’ll simply reprint the last two paragraphs of the essay below: “…The New Yorker may be just one example of a magazine that has [...]

Jack Handey Shouts and Murmurs, Caesar, and DFW

28 April 2003

2421 Comment2003-04-28+15%3A46%3A00Michael

It’s right here. Were I editing it, I’d try a draft where the second half was about 25% shorter, and I wouldn’t introduce an element of Authority at the end. It gets too grounded in reality, I think–JH’s best when he’s in a sort of addled twilight. Hey, did anybody else see that Discovery Channel [...]

Article worth reading

4 March 2003

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Jon Schwarz pointed me towards an interesting article in the LA Times; a devout Muslim and former colleague of Osama bin Laden lays out what issues he thinks are at stake in Iraq. Though I must admit some resistence to his rhetoric, at heart what he says is right. An excerpt: “Your government’s actions are breeding [...]

The Fire of AD 64

18 February 2003

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Those of you familiar with my documentary addiction won’t be surprised to hear that this evening I watched a fascinating show on PBS. It was an episode of “The Secrets of the Dead” dealing with the great fire during the Roman Emperor Nero’s reign. They discussed Tacitus’ belief that Nero himself was behind it (unlikely–even [...]

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The Fire of AD 64

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