April 2009 Archives

You may know that, besides talking politics, I love Rock & Roll.  What you may not know is that I'm also a huge Boston Red Sox fan and enjoy watching baseball in all its forms from Little League to Major League.  Those who love baseball understand its mysteries - the game behind the game which is an odd concoction of strategy, psychology, and history.  Baseball is a real, living organism made up of a multitude...

There are both encouraging and discouraging signs today in the battle over who’s in charge, Wall Street or Washington. First the good news. Finally, somebody in D.C. gets it. “Elizabeth Warren, chief watchdog of America's $700 billion bank bailout plan, will this week call for the removal of top executives from Citigroup, AIG and other institutions that have received government funds in a damning report that will question the administration's approach to saving the financial...

Last night, Metallica, along with Run DMC, Wanda Jackson, Jeff Beck, Bobby Womack, and Little Anthony & the Imperials were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  Metallica, formed in the 1980's, helped bring the thrash metal genre into the mass markets and was also instrumental (no pun intended) in the rise of iTunes by suing Napster for copyright infringement.  They performed some of their biggest hits during the ceremony.Their style has evolved...

As I read the reviews around the blogosphere this morning of the latest work of science fiction known as the Republican alternative budget there seems to be 2 recurring themes. Questioning the sanity of the authors of that document, and a reference to the date on which it was released—April 1st. Josh Marshall of TPM: “I realize that it doesn't afford me a lot of opportunities for personal or spiritual growth. But I'm nonetheless comforted...