Late pass me on this, but Adam Serwer responded to my post on how Batman bears some of the blame for all the bodies the Joker has caught. The right answer is that Batman is already an outlaw, but his extralegal behavior is premised on preserving and strengthening what legitimate authority exists in Gotham so Read More
Best answer gets a large Hi-C with no ice.* *’SCUSE ME! I said NO ICE! I DON’T WANT THIS!
America never seems to suffer from a lack of corporate types — Ross Perot, Mitt Romney, Meg Whitman, Linda McMahon, etc. — who seem to think their boardroom expertise will translate into political success and effective policy. This may not make a whole lot of sense — there are constraints and concerns on public-sector bureaucrats Read More
I don’t have a legitimate excuse for the absences or the tardiness. Just know that I had a good time while I was away. But now I want my country back. Or at least Florida and Texas. Since that’s probably not possible anytime soon, I’ll settle for a mid-afternoon train to Georgia, a warm bowl Read More
Excerpts from Matt Lauer’s interview with former president George W. Bush Jr. were released Tuesday night…yea it’s Friday but couldn’t resist ranting about what Bush considered the “worst moment” in his presidency. Nope, it wasn’t that he lied to the American public about WMD’s being in Iraq, ran our economy into the ground, gave overly Read More
I love The Wire as much as the next person, but we’d all be better off if real life didn’t seem to emulate it so damn much: Year in and year out, the New York Police Department proudly broadcasts its statistics for major crimes. And each year for more than a decade, its numbers have showed Read More
Jamelle points out that Obama’s predecessors won re-election despite getting mollywhopped in their midterms. Colorlines’ editor Kai Wright says Obama can still change the state of the union, despite last night’s results. A reminder that Harry Reid won because he’s actually pretty good at what he does — being a politician. Lexington, Kentucky has elected Read More
VOTE TODAY. POLLS OPEN FROM 6AM- 9PM. TO FIND POLL SITE IN NYC GO HERE!! just Google board of elections if you live somewhere else homie… If you thought Obama wasn’t bringing about change fast enough the wheels will not just churn slower if the GOP makes gains this year, but they will most definitely Read More
