To blog, perchance to bleed

It’s an odd time for a bleeding heart to hit the blogging world, even one in a big hat. I mean, so much has been accomplished in the last year–Tom Delay has been trundled off to his post-congressional hootenanny, where, one presumes, he’ll get to...

Bush's disappearing halo

A while back, I collected photos of Our Dear Leader with a halo. Apparently some AP photographer was having a good time fuzzing up the presidential seal, making Bush look downright saintly. See what I mean? I was never quite sure what this was supposed to mean. Was...

Git a rope

For all you wannabe cowboys, I’ll say this: Saddam? Bad guy. He meted out his share and more of ugly death. Though I oppose the death penalty, there have been times I couldn’t muster the high-flown idealism to oppose it. This is one of those times, and the...