On The Awesome Album Milla Jovovich Made When She Was 16
I will admit I listened to and liked this album.
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On My Migraines Are Making Me Root For Michele Bachmann
I get them too, both kinds. My aura migraines also first made their appearance under law school related circumstances. Bar exam studying.
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On New Percival Everett Coming!
It's not on that list but I'm really looking forward to the new Joan Didion book.
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On Jon Stewart, Stop Hurting America!
@barnhouse: I hear what you're saying. But I honestly cannot think of a more credible explanation for it. Charitable? Yes. But sometimes the charitable interpretation does more harm than good. Can't we ever just call a spade a spade? I think people who attend these debates are most likely the most rabid of political observers and I also think that it hardly strains credulity that this very right wing and passionate group would cheer the death of murderers and even I was a bit surprised about the jubilant reactions to letting an uninsured 30 yr man die. But again, that's their gut reaction and I think we'd all be remiss if we tried to make excuses for it.
ETA: Not to say ALL self-identified Republicans feel this way or would ever act this way. But this group of people did.
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On Jon Stewart, Stop Hurting America!
Hey, just wondering about Maria's thoughts on the debate last night where audience members cheered again this time for the hypothetical death of a young uninsured person.
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On Jon Stewart, Stop Hurting America!
Ok I've re-read this a couple times and I'm still not getting it. It's an article chastising those on the left who were appalled by the audience applauding after the phrase 234 executions fell out of Brian Williams mouth?
I agree we shouldn't demonize those who don't share our beliefs and we shouldn't reduce those on the right to just "dumb people" but...the applauding the death of 234 people is still appalling. Even semi-reasonable death penalty proponents have the ability to recognize the death penalty as the final tragic step in a long tragic set of circumstances that have devastated many lives along the way. There's no excusing the applause.
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On Jon Stewart, Stop Hurting America!
@boyofdestiny: Yes, I would have to agree. There are some people who are black and white enough in their thinking to cheer executions because to them they "got what was coming to them." I think it's somewhat dangerous to pretend that segment of the population simply doesn't exist.
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On What's Really Pornographic? The Point of Documenting Detroit
It's not that I dislike this article rather that I just feel exhausted with the endless intellectual examination of the media's reporting on the city of Detroit. It's a big (though not nearly as big anymore population wise) and very old city, there are of course many facets to any examination of it just like any other city. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. To fully understand where the city is now you need to understand where America is now and where America was in 1990, 1980, 1970, 1960 etc.
Detroit isn't an island. It's not a puzzle for other Americans to tent their fingers and ponder in the direction of. It's an extreme example of the entire country.
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On Don't Anyone Go On A Reality TV Show
He really wasn't that "intriguing" to watch.
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On Obama Still Hates Gay Marriage, No Matter What You Want to Think
@jfruh Not necessarily true. "The election of Roosevelt in 1932 marked the beginning of a change. He got 71 percent of the black vote for president in 1936 and did nearly that well in the next two elections, according to historical figures kept by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies." http://www.factcheck.org/2008/04/blacks-and-the-democratic-party/