Apr 6, 2012 | Current Affairs
Dear Rachel et al, Firstly, as a regular watcher, let me say how much I enjoy your show. I especially enjoy how you frame the debate (which is partly why I loved DRIFT). Your eye for the larger narrative and historical context makes your show really the only...
Sep 2, 2008 | Books - Current Affairs - Film & Television - Theatre
Now that I'm fairly well settled in Michigan for the duration of the two shows Jan and I are doing, I've jumped back into blogging. Oh, not here. No, I'm doing book reviews for my Shanghai Low Theatricals blog, A DARK WOOD, and commenting on politics over...
Sep 2, 2008 | Current Affairs
Just this very minute, I realized that for the last couple months I haven't been watching a politcal election – I've been watching one extended Looney Tune cartoon. One starring Barack Obama as the Roadrunner, and John McCain as Wyle E. Coyote. Give it a...
Aug 27, 2008 | Current Affairs
They need our surpluses to spend on their wars. They need our roads and bridges to conduct their business. They need our healthy workers to make their products. But most of all, they need our ideas. Republicans have none of their own. They need...
Aug 18, 2008 | Current Affairs
In 2000, I voted in the Michigan primary for John McCain. I liked the man, respected his views even when I didn't agree, and perceived him to be honest, grounded, sensible, and if glib, sometimes wise. But I will not be voting for him this year. It's unlikely...
