Liberal Talk Radio

How did all of us miss this* the other day? Life actually imitates South Park: Osama bin Laden has more on his mind than just the destruction of the United States — the world’s most wanted terrorist is obsessed with Whitney Houston, so much so that he’s even mulled a hit on her hubby, Bobby [...]

[Alternate post title: "Ding, Dong, the Witch is Dead"] Looks like the long-anticipated housing market slowdown is finally upon us. I can’t help but be excited by this.* On a personal level, this means that it may — MAY — be possible for me to actually buy a home and not feel like I just [...]

Sorry for the late post this week! The Chief is in town to talk about racism in America from Andrew Young to George Allen, plus midterm elections and the status of the cease-fire in Lebanon.

The hated music industry is now aiming to shut down guitar tablature websites: In the last few months, trade groups representing music publishers have used the threat of copyright lawsuits to shut down guitar tablature sites, where users exchange tips on how to play songs like “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,” “Highway to Hell” and thousands [...]

Should ex-cons be allowed to practice law? I believe, in principle, that people should be able to reform, but this seems extreme*: A convicted killer, a prostitute, drug dealers and common thieves. Sound like a cell block on Rikers Island? Try a meeting of members of the New York state bar. Dozens of felons are [...]

Sweet holy crap. I’m listening to Bush’s press conference this am. As he stammers his way through (yet another) angry, defensive retort to a non-plussed press corps, I have only one thought in my mind: this blathering idiot is the most powerful person in the world? Those evangelicals that helped vote this jackass in to [...]

Gregg Easterbrook is back on ESPN.com with his “Tuesday Morning Quarterback” column. You’ll recall that in the wake of ESPN’s 2003 dismissal of Rush Limbaugh for, er, being a fat jackass, Easterbrook was proffered to the gods of “fair and balanced” following some ill-advised comments of his own — including calling out his own ESPN [...]

Now if you would all please look at the shiny headline while we use Iraq as a base for projecting power in the Middle East, we’d be grateful. As if there weren’t enough questions about our imperial escapade: The United States blocked an Iranian cargo plane’s flight to Syria last month after intelligence analysts concluded [...]

What’s it say when a nation defined by a founding myth that’s equal parts Biblical and earthly fire and brimstone gets its ass kicked in a war? [and, no, we're not talking about the U.S. in Iraq here, although I guess the same question might be asked] Israeli newspapers quoted disgruntled reservists as saying they [...]

Tom Friedman is saying what Matski was thinking. Except the Flatter Earther has a little different take: I’m not sure yet who’s the winner in the war between Hezbollah and Israel, but I know who’s the big loser: Iran’s taxpayers. What a bunch of suckers. Isn’t it obvious? As soon as the reckless war he [...]