That Thing You Do -- Whatever It Is

Okay, a couple of things, more or less quickly.I hadn't intended to write about the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, but then Glenn Greenwald posted this article. Seems there was a big hooraw because Paul Krugman wrote something pointing out that the US has behaved shamefully over the past decade. Krugman was accused of "politicizing" the sacred day, which as Greenwald pointed out

That Thing You Do -- Whatever It Is

Okay, a couple of things, more or less quickly.I hadn't intended to write about the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, but then Glenn Greenwald posted this article. Seems there was a big hooraw because Paul Krugman wrote something pointing out that the US has behaved shamefully over the past decade. Krugman was accused of "politicizing" the sacred day, which as Greenwald pointed out

You Know -- Them

Here's a fine representative example of the kind of American political discourse that makes me want to stop writing, stop reading, maybe bang my head against the wall for a few hours, and ... beyond that, I don't know. Anyway, it's a comment on a Glenn Greenwald post, and it reads:I WANT TO SEE THEM LEAK Reports of how the Zionists and Cheney's inside CIA organization planned and carried

You Know -- Them

Here's a fine representative example of the kind of American political discourse that makes me want to stop writing, stop reading, maybe bang my head against the wall for a few hours, and ... beyond that, I don't know. Anyway, it's a comment on a Glenn Greenwald post, and it reads:I WANT TO SEE THEM LEAK Reports of how the Zionists and Cheney's inside CIA organization planned and carried

Point / Counterpoint: Slate on September 11

First, David Weigel answers one of those plaintive political questions that just beg for an ass-whuppin': "Why 9/11 Is No Longer A Day Free of Politics". Weigel (who I've learned before isn't the most trustworthy commentator) gets off to an apolitical bang by jeering atThe liberal panic of the week, now that Saturday's Quran-burning ceremony has been canceled, is the mystery-cloaked rally that

Point / Counterpoint: Slate on September 11

First, David Weigel answers one of those plaintive political questions that just beg for an ass-whuppin': "Why 9/11 Is No Longer A Day Free of Politics". Weigel (who I've learned before isn't the most trustworthy commentator) gets off to an apolitical bang by jeering atThe liberal panic of the week, now that Saturday's Quran-burning ceremony has been canceled, is the mystery-cloaked rally that