For anyone who, for whatever inexplicable reason, feels any sympathy for Kathleen Solia aka Sara Jane Olsen, Jamie Glazov sets them straight.
Watching The Blog Watcher
I almost split a gut on Tim Blair’s heart-rending montage of oppressed sports mascots. Mr. Moyes is never going to live down his stupid article.
They Both Had Little To Say
Andrew Sullivan has the best assessment of Tina Brown that I’ve seen yet in tomorrow’s Opinion Journal. She is devastatingly and accurately compared with Bill Clinton, which to me is the ultimate insult.
In retrospect, however, Sept. 11 was the watershed for Tinaism–not because of what it did to the economy, but because of what it did for the culture. That day reminded us that there are more important things than winning the news cycle, that the old virtues still matter, that substance counts, and that the opposite of “hot” is sometimes true. This culture is here to stay for the foreseeable future and it is one in which Tina Brown, as epitomized by Talk, has simply nothing to say.
At Least It’s Not “It’s A Small World After All”
Lileks has an insight that is unique in its ability to be simultaneously banal, powerful, and idiotic:
The other day I thought: why did it never occur to me that the Alphabet Song employs the same melody as ?Twinkle Twinkle Little Star?? Did I always know it and just forget it, or have I just realized this now? I mentioned it to my wife, and she had the same reaction.
I’m approaching a half century of age, and I’d never realized it either. What did we ever do before James Lileks?
At Least It’s Not “It’s A Small World After All”
Lileks has an insight that is unique in its ability to be simultaneously banal, powerful, and idiotic:
The other day I thought: why did it never occur to me that the Alphabet Song employs the same melody as ?Twinkle Twinkle Little Star?? Did I always know it and just forget it, or have I just realized this now? I mentioned it to my wife, and she had the same reaction.
I’m approaching a half century of age, and I’d never realized it either. What did we ever do before James Lileks?
At Least It’s Not “It’s A Small World After All”
Lileks has an insight that is unique in its ability to be simultaneously banal, powerful, and idiotic:
The other day I thought: why did it never occur to me that the Alphabet Song employs the same melody as ?Twinkle Twinkle Little Star?? Did I always know it and just forget it, or have I just realized this now? I mentioned it to my wife, and she had the same reaction.
I’m approaching a half century of age, and I’d never realized it either. What did we ever do before James Lileks?
Well, I’m Worth It Anyway
I’ve said relatively little about the Krugman payola controversy, but I caught a couple of minutes of Hannity and Colmes tonight (during commercials of the much more viewworthy “King of the Hill,” even in reruns) in which they were talking to Bernie Goldberg. He made an excellent point. To paraphrase, “Why was Krugman talking up what a brilliant business Enron was running, at the same time that he admitted that they paid him fifty grand for doing essentially nothing?”
Great question.
Well, I’m Worth It Anyway
I’ve said relatively little about the Krugman payola controversy, but I caught a couple of minutes of Hannity and Colmes tonight (during commercials of the much more viewworthy “King of the Hill,” even in reruns) in which they were talking to Bernie Goldberg. He made an excellent point. To paraphrase, “Why was Krugman talking up what a brilliant business Enron was running, at the same time that he admitted that they paid him fifty grand for doing essentially nothing?”
Great question.
Well, I’m Worth It Anyway
I’ve said relatively little about the Krugman payola controversy, but I caught a couple of minutes of Hannity and Colmes tonight (during commercials of the much more viewworthy “King of the Hill,” even in reruns) in which they were talking to Bernie Goldberg. He made an excellent point. To paraphrase, “Why was Krugman talking up what a brilliant business Enron was running, at the same time that he admitted that they paid him fifty grand for doing essentially nothing?”
Great question.
I Thought It Was My Own Foot
According to Ananova:
Mike Tyson has been ordered to appear before the Nevada State Athletic Commission next Tuesday to explain his behaviour at this week’s press conference.
In the spirit of Opinion Journal’s contest to come up with excuses for Yasser Arafat and the mysterious weapons ship, I’d like to kick off a Transterrestrial contest to help gentle Iron Mike come up with an explanation for using Lennox Lewis’ lower limb as a chew toy.
Either post in the comments section or email me. And hurry–the poor guy only has until next Tuesday. I’ve already started it off with the post title.