Banking Lobbyists: “Helping Hands” Helping Themselves
Helpful lobbyists make bill-writing easy for lazy Congress The word “help” is so uplifting, conveying our best humanitarian values. How odd, then, to see it used in this … Read more
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How to Secure a Seat Belt (and Other Challenges We Could Figure Out Ourselves)
Seat belt instruction is still provided on flights. What if other parts of the hospitality industry provided similarly useless tutelage? The last generation of travelers that was not … Read more
Lost Journal: Yes, But When Will the Caged Bird Sing?
Journal entry: July 10, 1973 (age 4) – Caged Bird Now that I’m four, I get to go over to my friends’ houses sometimes, as long as one … Read more
Excerpts from the Catalog of the Global Warehouse of Abandoned Art
“Such works [of abandoned art] … will enter into a strange netherworld. Removed from the marketplace, these objects will live on in warehouses, unseen and unappreciated, becoming what … Read more
The Wrongest Side of History
The GOP futilely pursues an agenda intended to ‘replicate’ a ‘simpler time’ in history This week’s tale is a horror story about history lessons learned by the GOP … Read more
Sarah Palin Ponders Half-Term Senate Run
“Like a mama grizzly, I’ll have to go hibernate part way through,” says Palin Sarah Palin, who served half a term as governor of Alaska — quitting after … Read more
Privacy-gate! The News, as Reported in Cartoon Form
We all enjoy our privacy, and getting away… but the gov’t says it needs to keep a watchful eye. The president tried to reassure citizens… but somehow people … Read more
Lost Journal: At the Help Desk, the Customer is Always Angry
Journal entry: November 7, 1997 (age 28) — Help Desk The only thing worse than calling a computer help desk is taking that call at a computer help … Read more
Fireworks in the Fog
Transcending partisanship: Fireworks & barbeque Aaaah. Fourth of July. The Great American Holiday. Dead-solid-center summer. Picnics, baseball, watermelon, fireworks, fifth graders flying past with red, white and blue … Read more
Lost Journal: Dancing Near the Stars
Journal entry: July 5, 2008 (age 39) – Dancing Near the Stars Today, my wife, Amanda, and I are in Los Angeles for the wedding of our friends, John … Read more
