Category: long story short

  • Lieberman breaks Reagan’s 11th Commandment

    Regardless of which Democrat eventually gets the nomination, by no means should the candidates be tearing each other down at this stage. I was dismayed to see Lieberman attacking Dean as too liberal, as quoted in this Dean interview with Larry King: KING: Speaking of the others attacking you, yesterday, on Sunday, Senator Joe Lieberman,…

  • The Cluetrain candidate

    Influential weblogger, academic, consultant and author David Weinberger (one of the coauthors of the Cluetrain Manifesto), has come out For Howard Dean: [W]hat I’ve been doing so far: Sundry writing for the campaign and talking with them about Net issues. I’ve also done a little speaking on behalf of the campaign – well, once, substituting…

  • SRO on Coulter

    I generally try to ignore Ann Coulter (as I do all trolls) but I couldn’t resist mentioning that over at Standing Room Only, Hugh Elliott has some Queer Tips for the Right-Wing Bitch.

  • Pictures of the boys

    When I was in New York I got to spend one evening with my mom, brother, sister-in-law, and nephews, who have since turned one year old. As is often the case, most of the pictures I took came out blurry, but some seemed worth preserving, even with motion lines. I tried using the flash, but…

  • California Insider weblog

    Via Tim Porter’s First Draft we learn that Sacramento Bee politcal columnist Dan Weintraub has got a blog called California Insider: Weintraub started the blog in April. Even though he self-identifies as a member of the “dreaded mainstream media,” he inspires bridge the gap between David Broder and Mickey Kaus, “hoping that the combination produces…

  • The sore losers

    People keep asking me what I think about this recall. I’ve never been a fan of Gray, Grey, Gumby, Eraserhead, Gravy Davy, or whatever else you may wish to call him, but I am uncomfortable with the growing willingness of the Republican Party to push at least to the limit of the letter of the…