Marvelous Maureen ForresterA belated link to Ken Winters’ obituary for Maureen Forrester , the Canadian contralto, who died Wednesday at the age of 79. She...
Revenge of the ’80sIn which we meet the heroes of Splash, Footloose, and E.T., and find they’ve changed
Merde, as the minister sees itWhich attitude ultimately seems more healthy and likely to encourage improvement—Lindsay Blackett’s, or Kirstine Stewart’s?
Did Obama just kill cap-and-trade?Will cap-and-trade legislation go the way of the "public option" for health care?
Update on Rights and Democracy Access-to-Information RequestLast November, I made an access-to-information request to the Privy Council Office asking to see a performance evaluation report...
General Petraeus faints at Afghanistan hearingI hope he’s okay. I had just turned on C-SPAN.org to hear his testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee but all I saw...
BP & the politics of energy: in bar graphsPolitico reports that Obama’s pollster is making the case on the Hill that the BP spill has primed public opinion for a major...
Vince Gilligan, Fly BoyAfter the season finale of Breaking Bad and the announcement of its renewal for a fourth season, two big interviews with creator...