... to himself. AND: For comparison, check out the Howard Stern headstone . They had a "Secret Santa" thing on the radio show, and the guy that got Stern's name gave him that headstone with his picture on it. Hilari…
"Maybe it’s just me, but this post is kind of creepy." That's the first of nearly 500 comments on a post at Matt Yglesias's blog -- a post that is not written by Matt Yglegias. Here's the post: A Special N…
It is way too easy to accidentally publish a post. It happens all too often that I'm only beginning a post and I do something -- perhaps hit the return button twice -- that makes the post publish. Just now for example, I want…
The college did not appreciate his on-line confession of a crime. Here 's Phil Busse's Huffington post item, called "Confessions of a Lawn Sign Stealer": [T]he oversized 4 x 8 foot mini-billboard in front of the…
I clicked it off at 1:29 even though I wanted to blog about it. I thought it was too dumb and boring to watch. Waiting all those long seconds with Amy Poehler nodding while the audience got and whooped about an old joke. Presumab…
We Americans will get the leader we deserve, one or the other of two men who have absolutely no background in economics. We'll have to rely on whatever judgment they manage to apply to the advice their faceless advisers hand …
Glenn Reynolds writes: IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ACCURATE, but it was smart! Allison Glock's New York Times piece on Knoxville contained this introduction: "KNOXVILLE is often called 'the couch' by the people who live…
Peggy Noonan channels Golda Meir... and calls Hillary Clinton a prissy sissy for complaining about sexism. It is blame-gaming, whining, a way of not taking responsibility, of not seeing your flaws and addressing them. You want to…
So the Denver Public School District gave kids health reports to take home, and one child discovered that her weight put her in the "overweight" category: "The part that upset her the most as she started reading i…
... with facts that Rich should be quite embarrassed not to have checked. ADDED: Rich also asserts that Thomas never turns a critical eye on Republicans. Rich stresses Richard Nixon's "Southern Strategy" and write…
Hillary Clinton has taken over control of the nation's brain, as demonstrated by the fact that people seem to think it's worth talking and talking about the sound of her laughter . Excuse me while I go bang my head agains…
I'm disgusted with the use of Congress for political posturing like this . So Rush Limbaugh said something that can be construed to insult soldiers. Whatever. This shouldn't be taking up time in Congress. It's a damn…
... in violation of Facebook's Terms of Use? UPDATE: I got him to take it down. Parody is one thing, but appropriating someone's name and using it in a way that can cause confusion -- as this person continues to encourage…
I've complained in the past -- here and here -- about proposals to install streetcars in Madison. I'm thrilled to see today that the mayor has abandoned the plan : Major public investments like streetcars should only be…
I can just feel the waves of sympathy rolling in for this woman . She's Joyce Lustbader, a research scientist at Columbia University: She calls her marriage a good one. She also has the benefit of a once-a-week housecleaner a…
Somebody 's jealous! According to Matthew Scully, who worked with him for five years, [Michael J.] Gerson did not come up with the language that made him famous. "Few lines of note were written by Mike," Scully says…