Connecting.the.Dots

The men on a South Carolina stage last night who assured Americans that the war in Iraq is noble and necessary should try telling that to An...

This, as they say in those TV and radio disaster warnings, is only a test. In the Los Angeles Times , media critic Tim Rutten writes , “If y...

Sixty years ago, when Branch Rickey chose the man to break the race barrier in baseball, his criteria included temperament as well as talent...

Isn't it pathetic to see Bush's bullies turning into schoolyard cliches? Today we have Paul Wolfowitz, who couldn't wait to pick...

The Democrats’ front runner is taking loosening up lessons and, with all due respect, it’s about time. Sen. Clinton is getting unpaid advice...

On the 50th anniversary of what started the Women’s Movement, this question appears in today’s Washington Post : “Are Americans threatened b...

Last week the former Mrs. Ted Turner told Larry King her six-year "romantic drought" was over. The next day she proved it to Step...

Good work slotting in Mike Gravel and Tommy Thompson! Now male lead: Agent of guy named Romney sent composite, with flyer from sticks that ...

From AP : "Murfreesboro, Tennessee--Staff members of an elementary school staged a fictitious gun attack on students during a class tri...

In the ’08 Presidential soap opera, casting for the supporting roles is coming along nicely. The Democrats found their comic relief in Mike ...

For a true measure of the President’s unpopularity, forget approval ratings and check that annual cultural barometer, the commencement speec...

On Mother’s Day of all days, abortion is a subject no politician wants to talk about--except Rudy Giuliani, and he is giving Republicans a b...

George W. Bush seems to have an inexhaustible supply of Texas friends to help him ruin America. The latest winner is Donald E. Powell, a fo...

With the national Anxiety Indicator at near-panic levels and so much to worry about, contracting leprosy from illegal aliens is not likely ...

This is turning into a weekend of movie flashbacks. Watching Bill Maher and Christopher Hitchens congratulate each other last night on their...

In Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 black comedy, “Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,” an insane military officer star...

The President and Vice President have this thing about aircraft carriers. Four years ago, on a flight deck, Bush declared victory in Iraq. T...

What’s happening to us when the most forceful appeal for traditional American decency comes, not from the President or religious leaders, b...

Next week may bring image problems for the Presidential candidate running as the champion of Americans who live in poverty. Disclosure forms...

Compared to the Bush White House, TV networks are models of free speech and dissent, so it comes as a mild surprise that CBS has reportedly ...