Monthly Archives: March 2009

Limbaugh: The False Prophet

Talked yesterday with an old friend who called, drunk, asking for help. David Yachimowicz once was Rush Limbaugh's biggest fan. Asked him if he still listened to the man. He said no — but that's because he no longer has a radio. He's living on disability, at a Salvation Army. A small detail, but itContinue reading “Limbaugh: The False Prophet”

Rush Limbaugh Mistakes Himself for God

A "joke" Limbaugh told in his weekend speech to the Conservative Political Action Caucus to show that he's not pompous or arrogant: Larry King passed away, goes to heaven. He's greeted by Saint Peter at the gates. Saint Peter says, "Welcome, Mr. King, it's great to have you here. I want to show you around,Continue reading “Rush Limbaugh Mistakes Himself for God”

Climate: It’s Not Just a Metaphor

Hope you can read my Climate: It's Not Just a Metaphor op-ed, published this Sunday in the Ventura County Star…here with links. "Something a little strange has happened in our national conversation about the economic crisis. Our economic experts frequently speak and write of the fiscal climate as if it were the physical climate. ByContinue reading “Climate: It’s Not Just a Metaphor”

Are Violent Video Games Adequately Preparing Our Children for the Apocalypse? A Panel Discussion

From The Onion, of course. Incredibly funny, unsurprisingly. http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/onn_embed/embedded_player.swfAre Violent Video Games Adequately Preparing Children For The Apocalypse?

Rod Dreher: Rush Limbaugh is Crack for Conservatives

Fascinating to see America's biggest blowhard become the spokesman for the Republican Party. After hearing Limbaugh's speech to a national convention of conservatives this weekend, President Obama's right-hand man, Rahm Emmanuel, on Face the Nation, happily declared Limbaugh "the voice and the intellectual force and energy behind the Republican Party." (No doubt he knows thatContinue reading “Rod Dreher: Rush Limbaugh is Crack for Conservatives”

George Will Misleads on Global Warming Again, Slapped on Wrist

This Sunday George Will,who is supposedly a serious thinker and not just a right-wing partisan, wrote his second Sunday column in a row about global warming. Just as he had the Sunday before, based on a septic Daily Tech item, he claimed that a) there has been no global warming since l997-l998, and b) globalContinue reading “George Will Misleads on Global Warming Again, Slapped on Wrist”