What should we come to … if political denunciation is to be turned without check against art?
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Overexposed
I honor his accomplishments, but for god’s sake can we shut up about Lance Armstrong already?
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Irritating Jacket Blurb of the Month
This appears on the front cover of the hyped-to-death Karen Joy Fowler novel The Jane Austen Book Club (Miss Austen would be most amused by her post-mortem fan club; or maybe mortified). What does this even mean...
Man Who Exposed Flaws Gets Probation
The man who exposed serious security flaws in airport security was « sentenced to probation this week »: ‘A college student who says he hid box cutters on airplanes to expose weaknesses in...
Private Screeners Return
So after all the wrangling and expense, not to mention the Republicans’ largest expansion of the federal government in American history, « airport screening is being returned to the private...
A Swooshing Sound
An Okie brings new meaning to the term ‘Activist Judge:’ ‘While seated on the bench, an Oklahoma judge used a male enhancement pump, shaved and oiled his nether region, and pleasured himself, state...
Lollapaloser
Lollapalooza 2004 has been cancelled this year due to crappy ticket sales. Perry Farrell, in a message posted on the festival’s official site, wrote, “It is with heart gripped despair that I inform you of...
Like the New Spiffiness?
So how do you like our new clothes? Much better, I hope. Here are some notes about the new design/location: You might not have noticed, but our URL is now asquared.airbeagle.NET; thanks to our new Textdrive hosts, I can...
An Open Letter to Michigan Weather
Yesterday, I left work and it was raining, and it was even approaching cold out. Glad I wore a long-sleeved shirt. Today, on the way to work, it was back to high 70s and high humidity. Glad I got my hair cut today...
Can You Shut Up Now?
Fair warning after visiting two Targets in two days and being fed up: Next time I’m in a store and I hear some fool idiot shouting on her cell phone screaming, ‘Can you hear me now?’ I shall do...
Shorter <em>New York Times Book Review</em>
Reading it so you don’t have to ….. Laura Miller thinks I’m OK – You’re OK and Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships, which were on 85% of the bookshelves in California...
