BP is using Photoshop to create “photographs” of its crisis response—often and badly. This is needless and damaging stupidity. Why? Friends, Romans, countrymen: never email me to ask me what a word means. If you’re emailing me, you’re online. Think there might be an online dictionary or 50 out there? A new colleague is someone … Read more
The NAACP has issued a statement condemning the tea party movement as racist, which is a nasty lie reflecting extremely poorly on what was once a respected and principled organization. Sarah Palin has the best response I’ve seen. For the first time in 87 days, no oil from BP’s failed well is flowing into the … Read more
It’s 100 degrees here today. I have no specific memory of seeing a red-winged blackbird before this year. This year I’ve seen three. Isn’t that weird when you notice something like that? They’re selling Totino’s Pizza Rolls with a rerecording of Kim Wilde’s “Kids in America.” That was such a seminal pop song for me. … Read more