Monthly Archives: May 2007

Rushing The Shooter

Dennis Prager said April 27: "Why was there no attack of the murderer at Virginia Tech? If they had simply run at him, there would’ve been fewer deaths and he would’ve been stopped." "We need to think about how we … Continue reading

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Woodward and Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of Watergate

Sunday. 1 p.m. Journalism panel. Miles Corwin moderates Mark Fainaru-Wada, Nick Schou, Alicia C. Shepard and Lance Williams. Audio Alicia: "I was able to sit down with them for the magazine piece (2003). Woodward will try to talk you out … Continue reading

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Hitchens Glaring Error

Mark Oppenheimer writes: On p. 54, Hitchens writes, "Orthodox Jews conduct Congress by means of a hole in the sheet…" This is, as even most idiots know, a total fabrication. As a lie, it’s not as bad as the blood … Continue reading

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Blow My Shofar

My friend Lewis has used various screen names on JDate including BlowMyShofar, Hairy Knish, Uday Hussein, Anne Frankfurter, BotchedBris. They were all deleted by the uptight administrators.

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I Haven’t Lost All My Friends

In the wake of my tasteless comments on Cathy Seipp’s unfortunate demise, it seemed I’d lost all my friends. Without Cathy’s protection, I felt like a stray dog with rabies headed for the pound. With trepidation, I stepped into Wednesday … Continue reading

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