Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
The writer of a letter to the editor used this epithet, which doesn't quite work, in my view. Jon Stewart has had the hilarious David Cross and the "Talking Points Memorized" Thomas Friedman on The …
All three of these bits of media experience have something to do with the Middle East! And I didn't even intend it. Last night's Enterprise provoked even more US/Middle East Allegory babble in me. The …
Wesley Clark talks about his spiritual beliefs. He's regularly attended a few different churches in his life. Right now he considers himself a Catholic, but doesn't attend a Catholic church. ...One night I walked …
This Paul Conrad cartoon features (I think) George W. Bush, at 79% approval, running in a race, and another George W. Bush, at 42% approval, gaining on him. But at first I thought it featured …
When I discovered that Colin Powell's son Michael heads up the Federal Communications Commission, and that (according to Leonard) he's actually quite qualified and everything, the following skit presented itself: Michael: (comes home, hangs …
Looking for frustrated sarcasm among our nation's elected leaders? Here ya go: House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Texas) added, "I don't want to tie [the president's] hands, but I think he would want to get …
So I listen to NPR and sometimes browse magazines and news-supply websites (e.g., Slate and Salon). Here's something I know I'm not alone in noticing: The consensus seems to have arrived: the shorthand for referring …