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This story makes me want to let out a Dean-size, blood-curdling scream. But since I’m in an office, that wouldn’t be appropriate.

Tony’s visiting George. And he’s got a few radical requests: First, he’d like the U.S. to spend more money in Africa, especially the countries that don’t have any oil. Second, he’d like us to take a long, hard look at global warming. A word of unsolicited advice for the Prez: cut the guy some slack, [...]

“Sooner or later, every club kid has to grow up and make peace with dinner music.” – Jody Rosen, in Slate.

The Supremes ruled earlier today that the Constitution protects the right of the Federal government to make ridiculous laws — over the will of the states — impinging upon the rights of their citizens to use the medication of their choosing. Okay okay. That’s a bit harsh. The issue at hand was wether or not [...]

Via Sullivan, I find this surprising information on Church attendance. The gist? more people say they go to church than actually do. Only about 26% of us attend Church nationally, as opposed to the 40% or so that’s usually reported. Two things leap out at me: 1. Poltiics-wise, does it really matter if that other [...]

If neither party knows who their Prez nominee will be in ’08, won’t it be interesting to see how they end up picking a candidate? So much of picking the candidate has to to with who you’re going to go up against. Kerry was perceived (rightly or wrongly) to be the “electable” guy, meaning the [...]

I have to hand it to Boeing: they’re beating the pants off of Airbus with the new 787. Airbus is realizing that they, too, need to offer a fuel-efficient plane in the 250-300 seat category.

The Bloggie Awards don’t yet have a category for multi-part, in-depth reporting like the Pulitzer does. It’s a shame, because I’d definitely nominate Kevin Drum’s recent 5-part series on Peak Oil and it’s implications. Try not to let your eyes glaze over… it’s just 5 blog posts, after all, and well worth the read. It [...]

Someday I may change the title of this website to “Bruno blogs the Seattle P-I.” In the meantime, allow me to indulge myself with some Seattle-area remarks. Today’s P-I has a worthwhile piece on the Mayor’s proposal to raise the height limits on Broadway’s buildings to 65 feet. He says (and many developers concur) that [...]

Read this Washington Monthly article on reform ideas for governors who might want to be President. Not only are there some good ideas there, but Washingtonians should take note that no less than FIVE of the ten ideas listed have been done or are about to be done in Washington State. People used to rag [...]