After being taken to task for giving Jeffrey Goldberg better treatment than Jennifer Rubin, James Fallows responds to his critics. I don’t know all the twists and turns of this controversy, but Fallows links to Goldberg’s prime critic and addresses that critic’s concerns respectfully, without any of the sneering that usually accompanies a beltway media …
Archives for July 2011
Rupert’s Empire: “Hack Work”
(h/t commentor R-Jud) __ In the August 1 issue of the New Yorker, Anthony Lane has a most informative article on “a tabloid culture run amok“: … Whatever the case, the last laugh has been his. Murdoch knows something that his assailants will seldom concede, and that renders their call for radical change, in the …
Bradley Is Out; Klinsmann Is In
I’m not one to kick Bob Bradley when he’s down, but there is no question that it was time for him to go as the coach of the US Men’s national Soccer Team. I respect his stress on fitness, but the lack of creative play and the ongoing problems on defense, especially the slowness and …
And Now, An Update From Reality
As we head towards either the completely unforced self-immolation of default, or the almost as self-defeating response of belt tightening amidst a recession, it’s worth taking yet one more swing at the piñata: does the US have a debt/deficit crisis? There are lots of ways to say “no.” Here’s Kthug, debunking yet again the myth …
Open Thread
I realize I have been really slacking in the blogging department, but really, how many times can you say THE REPUBLICANS ARE FUCKING CRAZY? Plus, I’ve been really into cooking and experimenting with different things. Made something simple tonight, though- crab cakes, some roasted new potatoes with butter/garlic/parsley, sliced tomatoes, and for some reason I …
Deeper and deeper
It looks like the Dirty Fucking Hippies were right about this too: The broadest measure of the economy, known as the gross domestic product, grew at an annual rate of less than 1 percent in the first half of 2011, the Commerce Department reported on Friday. The figures for the first quarter and the second …
Alte Kacker Open Thread
(Jack Ohman via GoComics.com) __ As a fellow Old, I second Doghouse Riley’s lament: IS there any reason I shouldn’t just imagine that everything in this country not originally constructed of shit has been turned into shit by reverse alchemy, Republican rhetoric, and Democratic cowardice?… __ We’ve done this shit for thirty years. The greatest …