Cause to be encouraged, from this morning’s New York Times: Until recently, the idea that the world’s most powerful nations might come together to tackle global warming seemed an environmentalist’s pipe dream. The Kyoto Protocol, signed in 1997, was widely viewed as badly flawed. Many countries that signed the accord lagged far behind their targets […]
So, what do you think this half-hour TV show of Barack Obama’s is going to be about? Linette thinks that it will be like “Mr. Rogers.” I’m pretty sure they’ll go with a more traditional sitcom format. I’m guessing that, in an effort to have him come across as non-threatening as possible, they’ll use the […]
A while ago, author Jim Kunstler and I exchanged words. My words, as I recall, were pleasant. His words, not so much… He told me to go fuck myself… (We later reconciled.) I can’t remember the specifics now, but I think things had taken a turn for the worse at the point in the interview […]
I like Edwards and I like what he’s saying about the “Corporate Democrats” that run the party, but I can’t help but think it’s motivated by where he’s polling nationally relative to Hillary and Obama. That’s not to say that he doesn’t believe it. He very well may. I just wonder why he’s been ramping […]
You get odd, little emails every now and then when you’re in the blog business. When you work for “Playboy”, you get naked snapshots in your mailbox. When you publish a blog, you get letters from people who claim to have knowledge of the future. It’s unfortunate, but that’s the way it goes. Blogs are […]
