Taking On The TSA
While I don't agree with a lot of Sen. Rand Paul's politics, I do admire the stance he's taken against the TSA when it comes to the security facade at airports and, in particular, random invasive patdowns of passengers. Here he is addressing TSA chief John Pistole at...
A Liberal Lost
Someone asked me today what I thought of the Anthony Weiner story that has played out in all its tawdry glory for the last week. I told them I was filled with a sense of disappointment. It’s the same feeling I had when Elliot Spitzer’s fling with a hooker took him...
Trumped By His Own Subsidies
Donald Trump never had a chance of becoming President, and he knows it. He's never been more than a media slut, happy to exploit every opportunity to promote himself, his reality show, and his projects. In a political vacuum such as the GOP candidates field, the press...
The President’s Speech
Saturday night, before the killing of Osama Bin Laden took over every conversation in Washington, the White House Correspondents Association held their annual dinner, with "Saturday Night Live" head writer Seth Meyers as the headliner. I've never liked Meyers'...
Tweeting The News
In case you don't follow me on Twitter, here are some of the quickie thoughts I tweeted tonight in the hour after the news of Osama Bin Laden's death at the hands of US special forces in Pakistan: 2 stories yet to be told: details on how the special forces team got...
Online Poker Op-Ed
Here's an op-ed about the online poker shutdown by my friend Joshua M. Schindler, a poker player and attorney from St. Louis... Federal authorities in New York targeted three online poker companies last week, handing down indictments accusing their principals of...
Tax Evasion
This story in today's NY Times should make you sick. It says that while you made $14,200,000,000 less than General Electric last year, you paid a lot more taxes -- while that corporation GOT money from the government. The difference is that they have lots of lobbyists...
Stop The Insanity
Eric Alterman takes the news media to task for taking seriously Michele Bachmann's possible presidential run. As he points out, she has no chance of being nominated, let alone winning. Yet with no serious contenders making news at the moment, she gets covered as if...