Innocents and Accidents, Hints and Allegations

December 11, 2007 Now listening: John Lennon, “Whatever Gets You Through The Night” Indeed, brother, indeed. Given my multipodcast habits, I...

Presidential Press Secretary Dana Perino just admitted on "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" that she didn't know what the Cuban Mi...

December 9, 2007 Author Bruce Feller says that, in a private conversation, President George Bush told him that he does not believe that the ...

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/recap?gid=20071209017&prov=ap Steelers safety Anthony Smith, who had guaranteed a Pittsburgh victory, got to...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNHF5p4bV_k Wow. Brilliant.

December 8, 2007 Tony Blankley, on KCRW’s “Left Right and Center”, argues that it is a positive thing that the CIA destroyed evidence of ter...

The Sixers fired Billy King today. What the Sam Hill took them so long? Talk about the barn door and the horse being stolen.

BP is saying it's done, while ESPN, for once, doesn't seem to be going that far. Getting Santana and keeping Ellsbury is a huge win ...

Trouble with the boy ignites domestic discord. As the great Kurt Cobain once put it, "I Hate Myself and Want To Die".

Joyce Carol Oates makes me feel inadequate. From her "Journals 1973-1982": ' "Keeping busy" is the remedy for all il...

Does it mean anything that two of the best quarterbacks in the NFL were undrafted (Tony Romo) and a 6th round pick (Tom Brady)?

"I had to teach New York City how to use principles of fiscal conservatism." -Rudy Giuliani, May 14, 2007 "Obscure New York C...

I shouldn't let the 11-0 Patriots slide by without a mention. The Eagles scared the bejeebers out of them Sunday night, showing that Jim...

November 25, 2007 Jeff Zucker, CEO of NBC Universal, being interviewed by Ken Auletta of the New Yorker: “Apple destroyed the music business...

November 23, 2007 It’s The Day After Thanksgiving. Hooray. If nobody in my company gives a crap, then why should I? Seriously. The Day After...