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any palestinians for queers?
Not in Palestine — at least none who would admit it. Queers for Palestine may want to think twice before paying a visit.
the myth of media watchdogs
The two most prominent such groups, Media Matters and the Media Research Center, are starkly partisan. Representing the left, Media Matters: Pulling a collective Rip Van Winkle, the White House press corps has awakened from its extended nap just in time to aggressively press the new Democratic administration, just as it dogged the last Democratic [...]
kanye weeps (again)
He may not be gay — thank God, Clay Aiken was bad enough — but Kanye West is definitely a whiny bitch: “YOOOO WHY WON’T YOU LET ME BE GREAT!!! I HAD THE TWO GREATEST DAYS OF MY LIFE AND WHEN I GET BACK FROM THE LOUIE SHOW I READ SOME SHIT CLAIMING I SAID [...]
Zeit für einen deutschen Bürgermeister
The other night I interviewed a frustrated Atlanta resident who asked, “Does anything in this city work anymore?” It’s becoming a common refrain. Hell, at least they could synchronize the traffic signals. Perhaps we should elect a German as Atlanta’s next mayor. Discipline and efficiency — minus any final solutions — is just what this [...]
profile in cowardice
On Tuesday Georgia Republican congressman Phil Gingrey criticized Fat Man and Little Boy: “I mean, it’s easy if you’re Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh or even sometimes Newt Gingrich to stand back and throw bricks. You don’t have to try to do what’s best for your people and your party.You know you’re just on these [...]
the hijacking of conservatism, cont’d
Guess who’s defending the fired coach of the high school girl’s basketball team that defeated an overmatched opponent 100-0? “Isn’t this punishing success?” asked Sean “America” Hannity on his red, white and blue talk show recorded live by freedom-loving cameras in the good old U. S. of A. Another conservative pundit agreed that the coach [...]
you won’t be reading any memorable essays about the arizona cardinals
I’m not sure if it’s a consensus, but a lot of people will tell you baseball is boring. Just as many say they find reading a book taxing. Neither provides instant gratification, like football or a Bond flick. So I guess it’s natural that baseball has often served as muse for great writers. Take this [...]
lost in nostalgia
Do yourself a favor and check out LIFE magazine’s outstanding online photo archive, source of my latest banner image.
noted and quoted, a bigot says what edition
John Rocker defends himself He didn’t deny hurling a few Jewish-related epithets at Shapiro. “I may have,” he said. But he said it was just Shapiro. “You can’t condemn a whole race of people. I don’t know why Jew is a bad word.”
