Fake Koch“Well, I’ll tell you what, Scott: once you crush these bastards, I’ll fly you out to Cali and really show you a good time.”#culture#politics·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 24, 2011Fake Koch
Boycott KochThe New York Times reports that Charles and David H., the brothers Koch, play a part in Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s union-busting initiative.#culture#politics·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 24, 2011Boycott Koch
Supporting NPRA website worth visiting#culture#politics#radio·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 13, 2011Supporting NPR
Budgetary surrealismRobert Greenstein, Executive Director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, on the PBS NewsHour.#culture#politics·mleddy.blogspot.com·Jan 25, 2011Budgetary surrealism
Mitch McConnell's to-do listIs there any precedent in modern times?#culture#politics·mleddy.blogspot.com·Nov 18, 2010Mitch McConnell's to-do list
David Foster WallaceThere is no such thing as not voting.#culture#DavidFosterWallace#politics·mleddy.blogspot.com·Nov 11, 2010David Foster Wallace
Recently updatedAbout Illinois politics#Illinois#misspelling#politics·mleddy.blogspot.com·Oct 24, 2010Recently updated
Elections and misspellingsOnly in Illinois#misspelling#politics·mleddy.blogspot.com·Oct 24, 2010Elections and misspellings
Boycott Koch IndustriesLike it says#culture#politics·mleddy.blogspot.com·Oct 24, 2010Boycott Koch Industries
Recently updatedTwo posts, added to#RogerEbert#culture#politics·mleddy.blogspot.com·Sep 7, 2010Recently updated
Roger Ebert, telling it like it isOn truth and democracy#RogerEbert#culture#politics·mleddy.blogspot.com·Sep 7, 2010Roger Ebert, telling it like it is
At least he didn't attempt to explain it as "a poor choice of words."At least General Stanley McChrystal hasn’t attempted to explain his remarks to Rolling Stone as “a poor choice of words,” the usual fallbac...#culture#language#politics·mleddy.blogspot.com·Jun 24, 2010At least he didn't attempt to explain it as "a poor choice of words."
Biden's VirgilDid Virgil say it?#poetry#politics#Virgil·mleddy.blogspot.com·Mar 29, 2010Biden's Virgil
A cow on the tracksMichael Steele's inept metaphor#metaphor#politics·mleddy.blogspot.com·Oct 14, 2009A cow on the tracks
Bob Herbert on present dangerBob Herbert’s latest column#culture#politics#race·mleddy.blogspot.com·Sep 21, 2009Bob Herbert on present danger
Joe Wilson’s “he”Disrespecting the president via pronouns#civility#language#politics#words·mleddy.blogspot.com·Sep 11, 2009Joe Wilson’s “he”
Rod Blagojevich, maker of metaphorsHe thinks he's Icarus (ugh)#Homer#metaphor#myth#Odyssey#politics·mleddy.blogspot.com·Sep 8, 2009Rod Blagojevich, maker of metaphors
Going to the meetingReport from a townhall meeting on health care reform#politics·mleddy.blogspot.com·Aug 27, 2009Going to the meeting
Then and nowJoe Klein: "Where is the Republican who would dare say that to Rush Limbaugh, who has compared the President of the United States to Adolf Hitler?"#politics·mleddy.blogspot.com·Aug 23, 2009Then and now
Health Insurance Reform Reality Check"The White House has created a website to combat the toxic legends in the air."#culture#politics·mleddy.blogspot.com·Aug 23, 2009Health Insurance Reform Reality Check
Krugman on RockwellRight on healthcare reform, wrong about what's happening in a Norman Rockwell painting#politics#art·mleddy.blogspot.com·Aug 12, 2009Krugman on Rockwell
Obama's "evil eye"Non-news in the Drudge Report#politics·mleddy.blogspot.com·Jul 9, 2009Obama's "evil eye"
"[S]imply a controlled acute episode""I suspect that 'controlled acute episode' will join 'enhanced interrogation techniques' as historical shorthand for the George W. Bush administration's utter corruption of language, moral reasoning, and democratic principles."#culture#language#politics#words#GeorgeOrwell·mleddy.blogspot.com·Apr 19, 2009"[S]imply a controlled acute episode"
No dropping outFrom Barack Obama's address to a joint session of Congress#BarackObama#education#politics·mleddy.blogspot.com·Mar 2, 2009No dropping out
Montblanc "Yes We Can" penMarketing at its best. Not.#pens#politics#writinginstruments·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 13, 2009Montblanc "Yes We Can" pen
Casinos, museums, and parksLumped together in an amendment to the stimulus bill#culture#museum#politics·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 12, 2009Casinos, museums, and parks
