In some grand Rovian afterlife, the late Michael Deaver, Republican image machinator extraordinaire, is smiling, even laughing. You remember Mr. Deaver, don’t you? As the White House deputy chief of staff during […]
Letters from Afghanistan: installment #10 (wrap-up)
Final thoughts on three months in Afghanistan by Connor O’Steen I’m sitting on the roof of a hotel in Istanbul, looking at the Hagia Sophia and thinking about my flight tomorrow (and […]
Nozzle of the Week: the RIAA

If the RIAA were a common street thug, here’s how things would go. It would jump an innocent old lady, stomp her within an inch of her life, and then, when she […]
TunesDay: original Faubus fables
by Djerrid Fifty-one years ago this morning, if you stood on the steps of Little Rock High School, you could hear the angry white mob chant “Two, four, six, eight; we don’t […]
An urgent request
Please Respond Immediately Forthwith In Confidence Dear American: I cordially correspond today to request you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude which is […]