August 13, 2026

Rick Perry? Jim Carrey? Separated at Birth?

You gotta admit it. This pose… looks remarkably a lot like this pose…

Alec Baldwin, please won’t you run?

Because Liz Lemon won’t go there, maybe Alec Baldwin will. First, this: Do you think Bin Laden was behind 9-11? — AlecBaldwin(HABF) (@AlecBaldwin) August 24, 2011 Then, this: My question last night was in no way meant to cast doubt on anything related to 9-11. — AlecBaldwin(HABF) (@AlecBaldwin) August 24, 2011 Yep. Really. If you […]

The death of boredom, the doom of creativity, and the fall of Western Civilization.

Do you know what America’s problem is? No, it’s not the economy. It’s not even the politicians. No, it’s something worse. It’s your iPhone/Android. And your iPad. And your Kindle. And every other gadget that’s keeping you from getting bored. According to Scott Adams, America’s problem isn’t the economy: it’s that we don’t get bored, […]

Tea Party bait in the NYT: “You are white, Republican, and racist. Oh, and theocratic, too.”

I’ll admit it: just the fact that the story is coming  from the New York Times gives me pause. But there it is: “Crashing the Tea Party,” by David E. Campbell and Robert D. Putnam, a couple of professors who think they have profiled Tea Party members based on some wide ranging research. The results are provocative and, […]

Email Doug Stephens. On his government email. “In a confidential way…”

“Utah could break the back of the teachers’ union,” a friend told me over lunch. “They could do it tomorrow, if [legislators] wanted to. All they would have to do is look into the corruption, fraud and waste in the school .” Well, now. That’s a bold statement. And it’s exactly the over-the-top type thing […]

First Iowa, and now the worst ratings ever.

Last week, Republicans decided to “give Iowa a try.” Then T-paw, first man into the race for President, became the first man out of the race (unless you count this dufus). Then, with a nary a whimper (and a jet black bus), the President kicked off what Mitt Romney called the “Magical Misery Tour,” a bus […]

The Placebo Effect: Is Bachmann a placebo?

If a placebo can increase or decrease pain just be convincing the placebo taker that this is the effect, is it possible that our country could use one?  Or maybe that’s what Bachmann is–ineffective as a legislator, but she makes people feel like she can make a difference, and that’s why she wins polls… That, […]