Liberal Talk Radio

I happened to catch a bit of Glenn Beck’s “Public Viewer” on Pravda while at the gym last night.
This guy may possibly be the biggest douche in national media today. Seriously — comparisons with Father Charles Coughlin come to mind. He’s a barely literate blowhard that likes to stroke his own ego to [...]

To: President G.W. Bush, Red America
From: Norwegian Nobel Committee
Re: You
_________
Dear Red America,
Eff you.
Sincerely,
Norwegian Nobel Committee

I found myself watching the tail end of American Beauty last night, and I couldn’t help but think how overwrought it seemed. I remember really liking the movie when it came out, so I’m not sure if my tastes changed or the aesthetic just seems dated now.
Allison Janney, however, turns in a nice, understated [...]

This is awesome.

Nine Inch Nails, following Radiohead’s lead, is dumping their record label to release their songs directly to consumers.
Lots of folks think this is the death knell for the music industry, and it very well may be, but on some level you have to step back and ask, “wtf?” Sure, NIN and Radiohead can go [...]

Great piece in NYT science section today about how the medical establishment came to get it totally wrong when it comes to fat in the diet.*
In 1988, the surgeon general, C. Everett Koop, proclaimed ice cream to a be public-health menace right up there with cigarettes. Alluding to his office’s famous 1964 report on the [...]

When I say, as I often do, that the Dems play softball to the GOP’s hardball, this is what I’m talking about. The Dems tried to go all hardball on this childrens’ health insurance program, putting a 12-year-old boy without insurance on the radio during their weekly address. Manipulative? You betcha. [...]

I’m liking this “free” thing for the NYT. Now I know what Paul Krugman listens to. Discussing conservatives’ efforts to distance themselves from the wreckage of Bush’s presidency, Krugman concludes:
Now, as they survey the wreckage of their cause, conservatives may ask themselves: “Well, how did we get here?” They may tell themselves: “This is [...]

Nice account of how hizzoner has been steamrolling the seven dwarfs:
“The mayor is ignoring (a) cherished principle of our democracy: the separation of powers. No executive, whether they are President George W. Bush or Mayor Nickels, can ignore legislative authority, particularly when it comes to the administration of something as fundamental as equal justice under [...]