Truly crappy news: Former NFL star Junior Seauwas found dead at his home Wednesday, authorities said. The cause is suicide, gunshot. I only got to watch Seau play regularly at the end of his career, when he joined the New England Patriots. He was a class act here, fun to watch, fun to listen to. …
RIP
RIP, Mike Wallace
Dead at the age of 93. My favorite at 60 Minutes will always be Harry Reasoner, but Wallace was pretty good, to put it mildly.
I heard the news today…
It has been a busy time at my day job and sometimes almost an entire day can pass by before I catch up with the news of the day. Occasionally, a lot of things happen. Today was one of those days. Rush Limbaugh went public with his sex fantasies. The Koch bros are suing a …
Excellent Obit From Frum
I really don’t have anything to say about the passing of Breitbart other than I am really sad for his family. These poor kids just lost their dad. I don’t see any purpose in getting my jollies trashing the guy as he is dead and can no longer defend himself, and I really think that …
RIP, Whitney Houston
Dead at the age of 48. I know a lot of people are going to be very heartbroken about this. Her life was as sad as her voice was beautiful.
Joe Paterno is Dead
For real this time (unlike last night).
RIP, Christopher Hitchens
This just sucks: Christopher Hitchens—the incomparable critic, masterful rhetorician, fiery wit, and fearless bon vivant—died today at the age of 62. Hitchens was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in the spring of 2010, just after the publication of his memoir, Hitch-22, and began chemotherapy soon after. His matchless prose has appeared in Vanity Fair since 1992, …