The most amazing thing about Ted Kennedy's death: There are no commemorative newspapers for sale. The Boston Globe is running a special 12-page section today, but so far no Michael Jackson- or Obama-style tributes. This is a slap in the face to the American way of mourning, second stage of which involves opening your wallet [...]
Health care. Jesus Christ on toast with Marmite, am I ever sick of hearing about health care. Whole Foods—SHUT UP. Public option opponents—SHUT UP. Fox News—SHUT UP. Meanwhile, in British rationing news, I'm horrified to report that my wife's grandmother recently had to wait over an hour to be seen, mostly because the Edinburgh Council [...]
Broadcasting from Beaujon Acres this morning, where a cold has laid me out flatter than one of Tim Carman's jokes. But I'm not too sick to link!
Does anyone else find this kinda poignant and sad? Also kinda related: Post computers drive tech writer to cloud.
Ruth Samuelson corner: 1) Now that's "getting" Results! 2) Madness in [...]
CP alum John Cloud breaks it to middlebrow America: That snack you're having after your workout? Kinda canceling out the work you did: "After we exercise, we often crave sugary calories like those in muffins or in "sports" drinks like Gatorade. A standard 20-oz. bottle of Gatorade contains 130 calories. If you're hot and thirsty [...]
Sex Day! We blogged it. Some of my faves: Cherkis' trio of prostitute posts. Darrow's Lorton pics. Riggs on the bike/porn shop. Godfrey! "I felt like Dad at the dinner table passing out money to his daughters." McKenna on one of the weirdest houses in D.C. "For people with boobs, the hook-up potential is at [...]
D.C. Wire's Marion Barry coverage leads the Post's site this a.m., wherein Councilmember David Catania "steps to the plate" (Barry loves that phrase) on the issue of granting and then yanking public contracts from his former ladyfriend. "These are public funds," he says. "There needs to be an accounting." Barry's spokesperson promises the good councilmember will actually [...]
Welcome to Freedom Friday! I'm briefly redefining libertarianism to include things that are interesting. As in...
• Dan Froomkin canned! Intensely weird Bush-hating shut-ins mount campaign of angry comments on blogs read only by other intensely weird Bush-hating shut-ins. A neocon powerplay, or the political-commentary EQ of JazzTimes folding?
Twitter! Have you heard of it? IT'S FREAKING HUGE! It's even defeating evil dictators who don't actually run their countries and putting awesome pro-American dudes in their place. Oh wait, it's not. Man, the media runs hot and cold on these things, don't we? It is not too late, though, for you to foment revolution...by [...]
"[D]iscarded commencement tickets, crushed party cups, a wadded receipt for $28.57 in Hallmark graduation cards, bloodstains and broken glass." WaPo this morning has a sad and well-written account of the post-graduation shootout in Prince George's County, which left one young mother dead and three wounded.
Also in our local paper of record: A 12-year-old boy died after [...]
First up: Fresh stuff right here on this very Web site. Jason Cherkis has the cops, in their own words, explaining themselves for the DeOnte Rawlings shooting. Of special note: why they not only left the boy bleeding from the back of the head, but why they never even checked to see if he's still alive. Stunning.
Tim Carman's [...]
Good day, Morning Roundup fans. Apologies for the lateness. Hey, there was a hockey game last night! Also, Caps fans weirdness > Penguins fans weirdness. Moreover, results of said hockey game not satisfactory. However, if you don't know this, chances are you need more than a morning roundup—you need a whole new news regime! SO [...]
*SNIPER APPEALS: The Post reports that lawyers for John Allen Muhammad, the Beltway Sniper, are appealing Muhammad's 2003 sentence. Muhammad, they say, was not mentally competent to represent himself over a two-day period during the fall of 2003, and his trial lawyers should have argued as much to the judge. This is Muhammad's last opportunity [...]
*The President and Vice President supped at Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington yesterday. According to the Post, they went dutch.
*THIS WEEK IN CAL THOMAS: The Washington Times commemorates the 30th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher's election as Prime Minister with a fawning piece whose best moment is its opening anecdote:
The newly elected Mrs. Thatcher takes her [...]
*THE BLOGOSPHERE REACTS: Arlen Specter (R-PA D-PA), facing a strong 2010 primary push from Republican congressman Pat Toomey, switches parties, giving the Dems a quasi-60-seat presence in the Senate. This has the 'sphere all riled up. For some spirited commentary, visit Robert Stacey McCain's blog ("Specter reminds me of the high-school slut trying to sleep [...]
Today's B1 news: "We think it will be positive for everyone involved in the organization that we now have a plan to address the cloud of debt that we've been walking around with for years," Kenneth S. Slaughter, chairman of the Boys and Girls Clubs' board, told WaPo regarding the decision to close four area [...]
