The Mark of Strategery
I don’t think any irony should be lost to the fact that President Bush, in his desperation to gain a few poll points as a war president, shared his belated strategy for Iraq at the very place that criticized his war planning from the get go. Liz and I, who just happen to be on [...]
Rhetorical Poser
Something I’ve been thinking about since the neo-con zeitgeist began showing signs of self-implosion (starting with the incidents at Abu Ghraib) is how the President plans to maintain a semi-credible voice of reason with the American people during the upcoming election. Clearly, it was much easier to point evil fingers at Saddam Hussein when it [...]
Creature of Comfort: Bowie at Hershey
Seeing that David Bowie’s A Reality Tour has moved on to better and brighter places in the past week since Liz and I saw him in Hershey, it almost seems pointless to talk about it this far after the fact. Well, almost. If I had to point to a singular memorable moment, it wouldn’t be [...]
Trampin’
There’s a line from an old Jazz Butcher Conspiracy song called Susie: A girl has to have some breaks When she was 18 Susie saw the Patti Smith Group on TVAnd she told me that it changed what she wanted to be Guess that’s why we kept on coming back to each other Over all [...]
