James Brown gets arrested for beating his wife and what do we get from the Washington Post? Several hundred words on how bad his hair looks.

Couldn’t the cops have had a heart, taken off the cuffs, shoved him in a cell and given the man five seconds to at least run his fingers through his [...]

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They say you can’t get elected if the press doesn’t like you. Candidate Bush: generally affable and well-liked by the press. Gore: Stiff and standoffish, so hated by the press. Gore gets bad distorted press, Bush gets forgiving press (from the SCLM no less), and Bush gets sworn in as President.
Well, if that’s true I [...]

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I see the conservative Washington Post got in a new supply of pot last night. That’s the only way I can explain their logic in today’s editorial, The Jobless Recovery.

Mr. Bush should not be blamed for this, though his irresponsible fiscal policy harms business confidence and therefore job creation. But the bigger question is [...]

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Howard Kurtz:

I saw Dean complaining about media concentration a few days ago in New Hampshire. All this is probably picking him up some votes, since Dean supporters tend to believe the Fourth Estate is unfair to their man. [
Dean Fights Back ]

I’m not sure the logic of that statement is clear; wouldn’t Dean supporters [...]

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Sarah and I went to Target yesterday. At least I think we went to Target. It’s quite possible that when we walked through the automatic doors we left our reality behind and entered a feverish nightmare shared by George “1984” Orwell and Anthony “Clockwork Orange” Burgess.
Nah, pretty sure we were in Target.
Hung along the [...]

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