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In a few hours I’ll begin my new job. I can’t really tell you much about it, so I’ll drop a subtle hint. It’s for a television show. It’s, uh, a prime-time show, and it’s on network TV. That’s all I can say. Oh, and it’s called “The Apprentice.” […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney raised eyebrows on Friday for wearing an olive-drab parka, hiking boots and knit ski cap to represent the United States at a solemn ceremony remembering the liberation of Auschwitz.
Other leaders at the event in Poland on Thursday marking the 60th anniversary of the death camp’s […]

Las Vegas!
Mere hours from now I’ll be heading to Las Vegas, with the entirely altruistic motive of promoting a mockumentary sitcom starring a young hopeful named “Adam Felber.”
I don’t know how often I’ll be checking in with you, dear readers. I’ll probably be preoccupied with hob-nobbing, schmoozing, cavorting, and just plain begging. But […]

I’m not qualified to eulogize Johnny Carson. Okay, I’m not really qualified to eulogize anyone. I’m more of a wedding-toast-and-birthday-party kind of guy, dependable to stay just sober enough to get some decent laughs without getting beaten up afterwards by the bride’s brothers behind the catering hall. Okay, usually, but in my […]

From Manorama online: “Attacks Turn Iraq Election into Stealth Campaign”
Basra - As Iraq’s election campaign enters its final stages, most candidates are more worried about staying alive than canvassing for votes. Even the few like Shi’ite politician Mansour al-Tamimi who have openly joined the electoral race are avoiding debates and rallies at all cost.
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Hamid […]

The pre-game hype said that Bush would try to uplift us with his inauguration speech, and indeed he did. Try. Whether he succeeded or not isn’t what I’m concerned with today. It’s this business of “uplifting,” coupled with the whole “uniting” thing. As my friend Eric pointed out (though not […]

While half-watching the Rice coronation today, I stumbled upon this: The Cobb County school board is appealing to keep their stickers. Those stickers are for science textbooks, and they read, “This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should […]

The Pentagon has just released a statement condemning Seymour Hersh’s recent New Yorker article. The article itself, “The Coming Wars,” is all about the administration’s “plans” to expand the war on terror, most specifically to Iran.
DiRita does a great job of debunking Hersh, but I want to help (being something of a […]

From Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush said he regretted sending the wrong impression of the United States when he used phrases like “Bring ‘em on” and “dead or alive” in his first term and pledged to be more diplomatic…
“So I do have to be cautious about, you know, conveying thoughts in a way maybe […]

It’s over. Quietly, without fanfare, and with no recriminations, the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has gone the way of OJ’s hunt for the “the real killers.”
Some may say that putting it that way is a bit cynical and unfair. That’s not completely off-base. My apologies, OJ.
At least […]