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Suu Kyi Arrested

I would have missed this article in the back of the World section of today’s NYT had the New Yorker’s George Packer not posted a note about the issue at his blog today. The gist of the story is that...

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Stellar At Last

Last December, the day after Christmas, I wrote a post about an outing Gail, Joel, and I took to the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle. It came about because FedEx was days late with a delivery of...

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John Yoo on Sotomayor

I’m sure that at some point in the not too distant future, no one will understand why John Yoo gets to have a public voice on the issues of the day. The greatest mystery in this regard is why the...

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George Tiller

Dr. Tiller was murdered this morning while serving as an usher at his church in Wichita, Kansas. I urge you to read the stories that hilzoy has collected in a recent post, describing late-term...

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Do I Feel Lucky?

I haven’t posted a Ted Rall cartoon in over three weeks, so maybe I can get away with posting one again. His latest is above. Um, do I need to explain anything? You see, there’s Skip Gates. And Sgt....

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Disingenuous Gingrich

It’s hardly news that Newt Gingrich is disingenuous. Well, let’s just call him a liar. But I don’t know why the NYT feels an obligation to print his lies in when he writes a letter to them. Paul...

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Who Knew?

We spent 23 days in France, Italy, New York, and Chicago, and now I discover that if I was looking for great theater, I could have stayed here. The weekly Escapes section in tomorrow’s NYT has an...

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Chocolate Gourmet

Controlling Coconut In the NYT last month, Marian Burros had her annual list of ten recommended ideas for food gifts available online or by mail order. (To my immense annoyance, I can’t only find a...

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Elena Kagan, II

[Doug Mills/The New York Times] Last night, in anticipation of Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court this morning, I wrote expressing my disappointment. Three hours ago, Obama made...

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Local News

View from Madison Park It’s not every day that Gail makes the Seattle Times. Yesterday was such a day, so I am taking note. And the front page no less! Well, okay, it was just the front page of the...

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