Short of the universe of the Jabberwock, words have some set meaning. Sometimes they have one denoted meaning and another connotated meaning, but they have a meaning. So I have to take one of my favorite columnists, Gail Collins, to task for this badly worded turn: We hardly need to point out that Ensign was [...]
I have to say that I’m not really that interested in Mark Sanford and his Argentinian lover. Yes, I understand that politics and sex is always a wonderful story. Beyond that, there is the mysterious disappearance, the possibility of public funds being used for his trip, and the hypocrisy of Sanford’s past (calling on Bill [...]
Call it the other side of the stupid Palin-Letterman fracas. Rusty DePass made a racist comment about Michelle Obama – and he has paid for it through the loss of his job and has become the public face of stupid racism. But DePass isn’t a public official. He was a private person making an offensive [...]
David Letterman was an ass to joke about Sarah Palin‘s daughter getting pregnant at a Yankees game. It isn’t about the family of politicians being off-limit, it’s just about having a total lack of taste. But Letterman was at least enough of a man to apologize and offer a spot for Palin to come so [...]
All of a sudden, people are noticing that there are relatively few Republican women in office. What next? Perhaps we’ll be discussing the surprise observation that black people tend to support Democrats… It’s worth noting, however, the “explanation” given by Bonnie Erbe: I think the main reason [for the difference in numbers of office holders], [...]
I simply cannot go along with this: Seeking to move beyond what he calls a “a dark and painful chapter in our history,” President Barack Obama said Thursday that CIA officials who used harsh interrogation tactics during the Bush administration will not be prosecuted. The government also released four memos long held secret by the [...]
Wish I’d said it: Miley Cyrus needs to chill out. Just 16 years old, she’s already acting like she’s a stuck-up, erratic diva. She’s pouting about not being granted access to Radiohead at the Grammys (best thing Radiohead ever did). She thinks she’s got enough to say to write a memoir (a teenager writing an [...]
For some reason, everyone is surprised that AIG has “misused” its federal bailout funds. I don’t know why. This is the company that sent their execs for a California vacation even as the bailout package was being put together. It isn’t like their track record indicates any type of self-restraint. But why not give yourself [...]
So Ann Coulter and Bill Maher are having a series of debates – color me uninterested. But this part actually caught my eye: Tucked into an angular lounge chair in an Art Deco suite above Radio City Music Hall on Monday evening, Ann Coulter, the conservative author, was awaiting her would-be adversary, the liberal comedian [...]
Do you need virgin pulp wood paper to wipe with? Greenpeace doesn’t think so: More than 98% of the toilet roll sold in America comes from virgin forests, said Hershkowitz. In Europe and Latin America, up to 40% of toilet paper comes from recycled products. Greenpeace this week launched a cut-out-and-keep ecological ranking of toilet [...]
