Last night, Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear and over one thousand other movie-industry types attended the Hollywood premiere of the “controversial” Kennedy miniseries that will start airing this Sunday on the ReelzChannel. I was also there, though, oddly, Tom and Katie never said hello. (more)
This was National Hug-a-Commie Week in Washington, D.C., a festive seven days of celebrating human rights abuses and political repression. (more)
For various reasons the Mormon Church has become established in some people’s thinking as the knee-jerk monster mind-melder whenever Mormons run for office. (more)
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the death of John Lennon. (more)
President Obama departed Washington, D.C. last week for a 10-day visit to India, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan following the Democratic Party’s historic defeat in the 2010 midterm elections. It’s a routine foreign trip, like others the well-traveled president has made since he took office, unless it marks a new beginning of President Obama’s personal involvement in foreign policy. (more)
It’s here! Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity in Washington, DC! It’s for those, says the website, “who believe that the only time it’s appropriate to draw a Hitler mustache on someone is when that person is actually Hitler. Or Charlie Chaplin in certain roles.” Indeed. (more)
This presser was sent our way by the Michigan Democratic Party. Michigan Dem. Chair Mark Brewer is filing a complaint with the FEC and calling for an investigation into the RNC’s fundraising tactics in Michigan. Included on the list is Gaylen Byker, president of Calvin College. (more)
Like most of us, I normally ignore or delete the many e-mails of jokes, partisan trivia and the like often forwarded to me. However, I found one such recent e-mail, which included a White House photo, especially troubling. (more)
“Are you willing, under those circumstances, to say I’m gonna be the person, I’m gonna sit in Teddy Kennedy’s seat, and I’m gonna be the person that’s gonna block it for another 15 years,” David Gergen asks Scott Brown. (more)






















