If you haven't already done so, head over to the brilliant blog of "reasonable conservative" Jon Swift , author of the definit...

Another choice bit of campaign comedy from the brilliant Lee Stranahan . Now that I know Ron Paul will be suspended in a time machine over ...

Banana Exploding by Dr. Andrew Davidhazy. Via Synthstuff . Imagine this scenario, and yes, it is a present-day one: the leader of a populo...

Photo of Benazir Bhutto taken by NYT photographer John Moore minutes before she was assassinated at a rally on December 27, 2007. At the end...

I can't argue with a single one of Steve's Christmas Wishes*--they all sound perfectly reasonable to me, heh heh. But I will add to ...

Oooh, these are good. Just what I needed after seeing the new Rudy Giuliani holiday ad yesterday, the for-real one in which the former mayo...

My kind friend Rachel at the ACLU recently sent me a copy of Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault Against America's Fundam...

Wow. Hot off the 'tubes and fresh from my In box: Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney announces her run for President in 2008. It l...

It has been one of those weeks. You too, huh? It's not as though I've been expecting things to go perfectly, or swimmingly, or even...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ezra Klein makes turkey burgers; invitations pour in from Iron Chef, Naked Chef, and Nigella. At our house, we adapt Qu...

The title of this Frank Zappa masterpiece seems perfect for the moment, what with the week's revelation that our intelligence personnel ...

In order to successfully embrace even a wisp of a suggestion of a rumor of your own holiday spirit, you have to venture outside yourself. T...

I love the floaty guitar solo in this piece. And I defy you to listen to it--while watching the dolphins' slow, spiraling dance and joy...

It was probably at least a year ago when I e-mailed Melissa about one of her favorite ( heh heh ) teevee-talkers, the guy she'd poetica...

Go say hello to former Firedoglake Late Nighter TRex over at his new stomping ground . Might I suggest you hurry if you want to catch him w...

The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. -- from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens The Rational Actor's Libertarian Fête Co...

I believe this was FZ's last broadcast interview. He seems far quieter and (somewhat) more introspective than usual, telling interviewe...

A classic Monty Python sketch, and one of my personal favorites. With the brilliant John Cleese and equally wonderful Michael Palin. On beh...

What an appalling story. Oh, I'm quite familiar with the notion of people drinking and getting wild at football games: after all, I gra...

Such a wonderful Frank solo in this one. (Plus, Ike Willis is wearing a t-shirt that Robert will undoubtedly want for Christmas.) Enjoy. A...