I own three Bill Cosby albums on cassette: The Best of Bill Cosby, Himself, and Those of You With or Without Children, You’ll Understand. The Best of Bill Cosby has great stuff, like all of the Fat Albert material before there was a Fat Albert show. Himself is amazing, but it’s cut down from the … Read more
Actor and former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson died today after a recurrence of lymphoma. He was 73. He was home with family in the Nashville area, and went peacefully. I liked Fred Thompson for president in 2008. We lined up on a lot of practical issues, and differed on some others. But what really appealed … Read more
I intended to watch Wednesday night’s debate, and I did, but I didn’t know I’d live-blog it on Twitter too. Just kind of happened. I didn’t post thoughts yesterday because I try to keep Thursday miscellanea posts apolitical. Here is a bullet for each candidate, ordered from “helped himself/herself least” to “helped himself/herself most”: Jeb … Read more