Category Archive: Asides

05 Nov

Now this will be quite interesting

Now this will be quite interesting

An apt bit of doggerel, I think, for the coming years. AS I PASS through my incarnations in every age and race, I make my proper prostrations …

 
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20 Oct

Rudy Giuliani’s New York

Rudy Giuliani’s New York

Michael Tomasky never would’ve written this article had Rudy Giuliani been the Republican nominee. Of course, he isn’t, and we know why – but this …

 
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19 Oct

Latest WashTimes Oped: Joe the Plumber Does What McCain Can’t

Latest WashTimes Oped: Joe the Plumber Does What McCain Can’t

Here’s my latest Washington Times oped, on Joe Wurzelbacher’s questioning of Obama, and how it shows McCain’s limits. The closer: “The ultimate authority, they say, is …

 
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05 Oct

Daniel Snyder = Michael Scott’s Long Lost Brother

Daniel Snyder = Michael Scott’s Long Lost Brother

Past rumors are now confirmed as absolute truth in the wake of the slobberknocker comeback in Philly: Redskins Owner Daniel Snyder is, in all actuality, …

 
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02 Oct

The Art of The Incredibles

The Art of The Incredibles

For the fans out there: Artist Lou Romano shares some of his Pixar work for The Incredibles. It’s some fantastic stuff.

 
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26 Sep

Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys

Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys

In honor of Dallas week: Pearlman writes that Michael Irvin, incensed that tackle Everett McIver, in mid-haircut, would not leave a barber chair at training camp …

 
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11 Sep

Try To Praise The Mutilated World

Try To Praise The Mutilated World

Try to praise the mutilated world. Remember June’s long days, and wild strawberries, drops of wine, the dew. The nettles that methodically overgrow the abandoned homesteads of exiles. You must …

 
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10 Sep

National Football League 2008 Predictions

National Football League 2008 Predictions

>> I used to do comprehensive predictions for the NFL season – ranking each time, analyzing each draft, predicting specific records – and sometimes I …

 
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05 Sep

Convention 2008: Fact Checking FactCheck.org on Sarah Palin’s Speech

Convention 2008: Fact Checking FactCheck.org on Sarah Palin’s Speech

One of the most pointed accusations Sarah Palin lodged against Barack Obama was the fact that, despite not authoring a single significant piece of legislation, …

 
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04 Sep

Convention 2008: Sally Quinn Recants on Sarah Palin

Convention 2008: Sally Quinn Recants on Sarah Palin

Jennifer Rubin posts on something that’s a truly significant moment: The great Sally Quinn recants her position on Sarah Palin. Quinn had been one of Palin’s …

 
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