Liberal Talk Radio

Oh, yeah.  Desperation. Speaking to donors at a San Diego fund-raiser last month, Barack Obama reassured the crowd that he wouldn’t give in to Republican tactics to throw his candidacy off track. “Listen, I’m skinny but I’m tough,” Sen. Obama said. But in a nation in which 66% of the voting-age population is overweight and [...]

Okay, yesterday. But it’s still really good: Ted Stevens predates the State of Alaska. In 1953, he drove to Alaska Territory in a Buick, and–like a modern Al Swearingen–he built himself into a local luminary, successfully lobbied Congress to make Alaska a state, and then used his position on the Senate Appropriations Committee to transform [...]

Forget KBR, Halliburton, the CIA or even the Jews — it’s obviously Aramark who was behind 9/11: Travelers using Kennedy International Airport who have not flown in a while may be surprised by the stores and restaurants they see on the way to their flights. The retailing mix in the airport is changing, with more [...]

I hadn’t realized that Senator Ted Stevens (R-Indicted) has his home in Girdwood. I spent a few weeks in Girdwood a number of years ago, and based on the amount of a certain herbal smoke that consistently wafted through the air during my morning walks, the Senator’s evaluation of the Internet as a “series of [...]

The Iraqis have a lot of money. $120B to spend rebuilding their country, due to the record price of oil. Still, they’re pumping less oil than they were in the Saddam era. It looks like the neocon plan of having Iraq finance its own reconstruction are finally coming true. Were they counting on $140/barrel oil [...]

Is screwed. They’re getting out of the leasing business because their gas guzzlers have such little resale value, they’re not worth taking back at the end of the lease. Auto makers have not yet begun to feel the full brunt of the change in consumer driving habits. One of the Big 3 will be toast [...]

Obama abroad, Seattle debates light rail and bicyclists, and an international news roundup. Links Mentioned: Is Afghanistan a narco-state … various takes on the politics of Batman … the new light rail plan … the critical mass melee … more on Radovan Karadzic and elections in Zimbabwe. [Download MP3]

Old people shoot Crown Royal. Young people shoot three-pointers. Myself, I enjoy a mean game of catch and a microbrew; maybe I’m becoming a “moderate.”

Al Gore’s plan for energy independence, Obama’s trip overseas, and finally, the bailout of Fannie and Freddie. Links Mentioned: Al Gore’s plan … articles on carbon-neutral communities in The New Yorker and the NYT.

Cory Booker update — 2008 homicides on track to hit 10-year low. Cue zombies*: Like Barack Obama, Booker embodies a promise kept, a deferred dream finally come true, living proof that the stain of slavery, our original national sin, might yet be lifted from our collective soul. Booker knows this, too — he has shown [...]