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Baltimoron posted a blog entry
Nordlinger Jumps the Shark
I can’t believe it’s gone this far.I can believe many Americans don’t know much about the Boston Tea Party...
I can’t believe it’s gone this far.I can believe many Americans don’t know much about the Boston Tea Party...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
Ten Reasons to Listen to Jim Lehrer
I’m proud to say this fifth and newest version of the PBS Newshour is effectively my leading domestic source for news.I...
I’m proud to say this fifth and newest version of the PBS Newshour is effectively my leading domestic source for news.I...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
The Perfect Male Fantasy Film
I’m not sure what to make of a conspiracy – in this case stealing three works of art – flick with a happy...
I’m not sure what to make of a conspiracy – in this case stealing three works of art – flick with a happy...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
The Second Absurdity
I’m collecting alternatives to the Obama plan for Afghanistan.Firstly, am I the only one who thinks Jeffrey...
I’m collecting alternatives to the Obama plan for Afghanistan.Firstly, am I the only one who thinks Jeffrey...
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President Obama’s West Point Speech on Afghanistan
(Full text available here)President Obama failed either to convince or sway me (@radicalcontra) in his address on...
(Full text available here)President Obama failed either to convince or sway me (@radicalcontra) in his address on...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
A Trip Down Blogging Lane
It’s fitting that Bill Scher and Matt Lewis should take a trip down “Blogging Lane” for a retrospective and...
It’s fitting that Bill Scher and Matt Lewis should take a trip down “Blogging Lane” for a retrospective and...
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I Almost Missed the Darwin Party
Buckaroo DarwinOriginally uploaded by John HawksCharles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species was published 150 years ago,...
Buckaroo DarwinOriginally uploaded by John HawksCharles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species was published 150 years ago,...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
CSI: Miami Gets Schmaltzy with Frankenfood Conspiracy
I’m a bit behind the American TV schedule, so forgive me as a I bring up an old episode of CSI: Miami, “Bad...
I’m a bit behind the American TV schedule, so forgive me as a I bring up an old episode of CSI: Miami, “Bad...
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APEC Squared
James Fallows’ evisceration of the American press corps’ disregard for Asia with a phrase: “Back from Asia,...
James Fallows’ evisceration of the American press corps’ disregard for Asia with a phrase: “Back from Asia,...
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Why Anyone Would Pay for 2012
“He said the government was building these ships.” And, where are these ships coming from?OK, so I saw...
“He said the government was building these ships.” And, where are these ships coming from?OK, so I saw...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
The Wrong Press Corps for a Pacific President
How did President Obama do in Asia? Don’t read an American newspaper to find out!But just think of how many...
How did President Obama do in Asia? Don’t read an American newspaper to find out!But just think of how many...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
The US Army Rubber Camps
Generally, I agree with former George W. Bush administration official, Suhail Khan, that assaulting the loyalty of Muslim...
Generally, I agree with former George W. Bush administration official, Suhail Khan, that assaulting the loyalty of Muslim...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
America’s Dilemma
Niall Ferguson lays out the geopolitical dilemma rather crisply.CHARLIE ROSE: But here is the idea. Nobody thinks that...
Niall Ferguson lays out the geopolitical dilemma rather crisply.CHARLIE ROSE: But here is the idea. Nobody thinks that...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
Flock of Egghead and Wife
I took a break from horror films and talking points battles about Muslims in the US military to give myself a real scare, by...
I took a break from horror films and talking points battles about Muslims in the US military to give myself a real scare, by...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
The Parody of Hell House
It’s another depressing night for horror films. Another film, The Legend of Hell House, that positively unhinged me as a...
It’s another depressing night for horror films. Another film, The Legend of Hell House, that positively unhinged me as a...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
I Dare the MSM to Change!
This is as damning as the Megan McArdle vivisection!Posted in Books/Movies/Media, Humor-(less), Politics, USA Tagged: jon...
This is as damning as the Megan McArdle vivisection!Posted in Books/Movies/Media, Humor-(less), Politics, USA Tagged: jon...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
My Weekly Bill Moyers Fix
I’m hard=preesed to choose a Bill Moyers excerpt this week. Between the New Deal throwback-cum-Lib feelgood Galbraith...
I’m hard=preesed to choose a Bill Moyers excerpt this week. Between the New Deal throwback-cum-Lib feelgood Galbraith...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
A Real World-Wide Web of Possibilities
It just means I have to study my Korean, but fossilized corporate and government organizations can’t really know now how...
It just means I have to study my Korean, but fossilized corporate and government organizations can’t really know now how...
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Sam Tanenhaus on Charlie Rose
Sam Tanenhaus offers many provocative opinions, and I just isolated this one on tea parties and radicals.CHARLIE ROSE: Stay...
Sam Tanenhaus offers many provocative opinions, and I just isolated this one on tea parties and radicals.CHARLIE ROSE: Stay...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
I Survived The Shining
I survived The Shining last night. It’s no mean feat. I’ve fallen out of a plane, done the dance in a gas chamber,...
I survived The Shining last night. It’s no mean feat. I’ve fallen out of a plane, done the dance in a gas chamber,...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
Jude Law on Hamlet
Most of the time I hate these interviews with actors or other artists about their performances and works. I find it an insult...
Most of the time I hate these interviews with actors or other artists about their performances and works. I find it an insult...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
Proud to Be the Father of Goth Daughters
I just like a prime minister Dad who’s confident and proud of his unabashedly Goth daughters, regardless of...
I just like a prime minister Dad who’s confident and proud of his unabashedly Goth daughters, regardless of...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
It’s Beginning to Feel A Lot Like PIFF!
I took a first good look at the selection lists for the Pusan International Film Festival, which will run from October 8 to 16...
I took a first good look at the selection lists for the Pusan International Film Festival, which will run from October 8 to 16...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
Ellsberg and Vietnamistan
(Parts Two and Three – H/T StartLoving1)I read Daniel Ellsberg’s Secrets years ago, and I admit unequivocally...
(Parts Two and Three – H/T StartLoving1)I read Daniel Ellsberg’s Secrets years ago, and I admit unequivocally...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
Colbert’s Twisted Free Speech Logic
The revulsion I’m feeling for Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission is only increasing. The added factoid of a...
The revulsion I’m feeling for Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission is only increasing. The added factoid of a...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
Three Sheets Survives Soju
My wife – who has been a smart drinker and still a Korean since the first day I met here – reminds me to tell the...
My wife – who has been a smart drinker and still a Korean since the first day I met here – reminds me to tell the...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
From Anger to Grace with Bill Moyers
I started the day with one Bill Moyers video on health care, and then I finished with this appearance on last Friday...
I started the day with one Bill Moyers video on health care, and then I finished with this appearance on last Friday...
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
Solving the Bloggingheads Problem by Changing Perspective
Oh, that solves it!On the other hand, though, I think that this involves a small misunderstanding of what bloggingheads is....
Oh, that solves it!On the other hand, though, I think that this involves a small misunderstanding of what bloggingheads is....
