Liberal Talk Radio

Fear not, friends, Episode 238 is being worked on today and should be posted shortly. The Prof and I were at a Bachelor party in Vegas all weekend and we had the brilliant idea of recording the show on the plane using his MP3 player’s microphone input. So we’re still cooking it down [...]

I’d like to think that this is some crazy counter-counter espionage psy-ops false-leak wonderment because if our military is that careless — or the Russian ambassador that stupid — then we’ve got something to worry about:
Two Iraqi documents from March 2003 — on the eve of the U.S.-led invasion — and addressed to the secretary [...]

Sometimes you shouldn’t read too much Wired Magazine. It can frighten you:
It turns out that if their economy continues to grow at 8 percent per year, which is slower than the last few years, in 2031 income per person in China will be same as in the U.S. today. And if we further assume [...]

Three of the four Christian Peace Activists were released today. Thank God.
It occurs to me that I didn’t hear much of this story on conservative talk radio. Nothing compared to the Nick Berg story. Methinks the idea of anti-war Christians was just more than the wingnuts could handle. No easy [...]

Wired magazine reports on the death of a 250-year-old tortoise:
The tortoise had been the pet of Robert Clive, the famous British military officer in colonial India around the middle of the 18th century, a local minister in West Bengal state said.
Local authorities say the tortoise, named “Addwaitya,” meaning the “The One and Only” in Bengali, [...]

If Russ Feingold’s real goal was to solidify the base, it looks like it worked.
Listening to To The Point the other day, I was disappointed at how much the focus was on the political fallout, and not the merits of the censure resolution. I tried to argue this (somewhat clumsily) on this week’s show. [...]

Was shocked to find today that purchasing some cold medicine requires registering with the police. True story. Go into a Rite Aid in WA state and try and buy some “Advil Cold and Sinus”. You’ll have to pull a ticket off the shelf, take it to the pharmacist, wait in line behind [...]

Whiny children, claims a new study, tend to grow up rigid and traditional [i.e., conservative].
Man, it feels good to have that confirmed.
[deep breath]
Okay, now that we lefties have all felt good about ourselves for a few seconds, time to put on my Professor cap and offer a caveat. As the article linked above points [...]

America Coming Together: Wal-Mart courts upscale shoppers (”In its boldest effort yet to target upscale shoppers, the nation’s largest retailer is opening a new store this week with an expanded selection of high-end electronics, more fine jewelry, hundreds of types of wine ranging up to $500 a bottle, and even a sushi bar.”) while Zabar-born [...]