My friends are always warning me to avoid political shovel fights on social media. And while I’ve somewhat restrained my natural compulsion to do so, I simply can’t help it. It’s...
Yes – “South Side of the Sky” Live at Montreux Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue...
Join the After Party. Only $6 per month! If you’re already a member, go on in. Here’s What You’re Missing This Week: New Theme Song Suggestion; Chez’s Daughter in Town; Bob...
This week’s questions. Answers here. 1. This is probably a rhetorical question but do you think anything can be done at this point about billionaires and wealthy interests buying elections? The...
Morcheeba – “Otherwise” Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue...
The physics of this thing should baffle anyone with even a basic grasp of logic. So, conversely, it makes perfect sense to Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX). Speaking for a World Net Daily presentation...
Yesterday, we learned that Hobby Lobby, which is challenging the federal government over Obamacare’s mandatory contraception coverage, offers its employees a 401(k) retirement plan that happens...
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Anyone who tells you the GOP is a lock for holding onto the House of Representatives while taking back the Senate in the midterms doesn’t know what the hell they’re talking about. Why...
Neko Case featuring Calexico – “Ragtime” Live on Conan Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading →...
One of my biggest gripes with the extreme flanks of the political debate is this: neither the far-left nor the far-right appears capable of modulating their respective screeching. This not only self...
The Tragically Hip – “Grace, Too” Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading →...
Join the After Party. Only $6 per month! If you’re already a member, go on in. Here’s What You’re Missing This Week: Chasing Amy and Revisiting Kevin Smith’s Filmography; Gen...
I’ve told parts of this story before so I’ll mostly skip over the narrative about the why and the how, but since 2005 and for various reasons including a punitively large premium...
This week’s questions. Answers here. 1. It is my imagination or has Nate Silver taken on a Greenwaldish tone with the new FiveThirtyEight? It feels like he’s picking petty fights and...
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Cheap Trick – “Surrender” Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue...
The Supreme Court heard arguments in the dual Obamacare contraceptive cases, Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius yesterday, and the upshot is that...
Fleetwood Mac – “I’m So Afraid” Live Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading...
I spent most of Saturday hiking up and down the impossibly steep trails of Muir Woods National Monument. The expanse of ancient redwood groves and lush pine forests near San Francisco Bay was set...
