Down, Black Hawk, Down!

Ever since Ethiopian forces went into Somalia, and more so since this week’s US AC-130 gunship attack on what is said to have been a Somalian Al Qaeda encampment, news commentators and reporters have been talking about Black Hawk Down.  As in: “US forces strike Somalia again, more than 13 years after Black Hawk Down.” When […]

Fixing What’s Broke (Part I)

Woo-hoo, the Arizona no smoking proposition passed (the real one, not the one sponsored by R. J. Reynolds). I can hang around in bars again! As for the election in general, I, for one, welcome our new congressional overlords. Try not to screw up, okay? And while you’re at it, try not to screw us […]

The Dumbing Down of Virtually Everything (Part V)

Since I’m working the early shift this month, I get to spend time with Donna in the afternoons. Today, though, we’re doing different things: I’m checking e-mail in the office while she embroiders hash hats in the sewing room. She’s got the TV on in there, listening to Doctor Phil while she works. And what […]

Hey, Rouse Your Rabble in English!

Scare link seen at Drudge: DJs Put a Half Million Marchers in L.A.’s Streets… Oh yeah, them agitators are whipping them up, all right. And in Spanish, so we can’t understand what they’re saying! Could it simply be that Hispanics, the targets of immigration reform, recognize racism when they see it? Damn right they’re marching.

The Dumbing Down of Virtually Everything (Part IV)

Several months ago, I bitched about the empty-headed celebrity chitchat that passes for “news” on NBC’s Today show. My complaints are usually ineffectual, and this was no exception: my wife still watches Today on the bedroom TV every morning. Then as now, as I brush my teeth in the adjoining bathroom, I’m an involuntary listener. […]

What Do Blogs Do that the Mainstream Media Don’t?

This, for example. From the Whiskey Bar: Our goal is to get the work done quickly. And taxpayers expect this work to be done honestly and wisely — so we’ll have a team of inspectors general reviewing all expenditures. George W. Bush President Discusses Hurricane Relief September 15, 2005 In total, 64% of the IGs […]