Today is the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Being only 23, I don’t remember the event personally, but I have read much about it and watched news footage taken at the time. I would guess that few of my friends are well-versed in the details of what occurred during the five weeks of [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 3, 2009
Auto-Tune the News! (Vol. I)
First saw these guys on Rachel Maddow. Absolutely genius. I want all news, all the time to be auto-tuned….CNN take note.
more about “Auto-Tune the News #2: pirates. drugs…“, posted with vodpod
June 1, 2009
Who is the Modern Major-General (the real one)?
This is great. Gilbert & Sullivan would be so proud!
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June 1, 2009
Sessions, Sotomayor, Racism, and an Anecdote
All kidding aside, Sessions appeared on Meet the Press yesterday with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy and was oddly unwilling to simply put into words whether he does or does not believe that Sonya Sotomayor is racist. Of course, the entire debate is 100% ridiculous and thus the mass participation on “is she/isn’t she” by [...]
June 1, 2009
Senator Sessions Look-Alike?
I happen to like Sen. Jeff Sessions. I think he’s a thoughtful politician who, I believe, will be a much more tempered leader during the Sotomayor hearings than Chuck Grassley would have been. BUT (and there’s always a caveat), it’s quite possible that his astonishing resemblance to another American icon may confuse and fluster viewers [...]
Elizabeth Kaplan
