Category Archives: art and humor

Silver Lining Department: As Investments Sink, So Does GOP

James Wolcott, the wonderfully bitter wit for Vanity Fair, mourns the loss of his investment portfolio…but at least there's a silver lining. As it sinks, so does the Republican Party. He writes: Even as I wave a farewell hankie at my investment holdings as they sink into the briny deep, I draw spiritual comfort fromContinue reading “Silver Lining Department: As Investments Sink, So Does GOP”

Not Against the Environment: Against Environmentalists

Sometimes I think rightwingers (I’m talking about you, Jonah) write these columns just to drive enviros up the wall. It’s such malarkey, to put it politely. Goldberg admits he’s no environmentalist, blames John Muir for environmentalism (which of course includes heinous measures to improve air quality, water quality, and reduce energy consumption) and claims he’sContinue reading “Not Against the Environment: Against Environmentalists”

GOP Campaign Increasingly Resembles Unproduced Goldie Hawn Pic

From Andy Borowitz: The GOP campaign for the White House is looking more and more like the screenplay for an unproduced Goldie Hawn film from the 1980’s, a Goldie Hawn film expert said today. Davis Logsdon, who teaches at the University of Minnesota’s School of Film and is considered the world’s foremost expert in theContinue reading “GOP Campaign Increasingly Resembles Unproduced Goldie Hawn Pic”

“Burn All the Fossil Fuels” Right Here, Right Now

Ted Rall gets the fundamental absurdity of John McCain’s position on drilling right (below). Yes, we can drill more, and possibly (according to the Energy Information Administration) reduce the price of gas by three or four cents in 2028. (To specify, if we opened ANWR to drilling, the price of oil would fall by betweenContinue reading ““Burn All the Fossil Fuels” Right Here, Right Now”

Mr. Melancholy (Americana edition)

While I’m still struggling with jetlag, excuse me for some more non-wonky less-enviro posts…here’s an etching by perhaps the greatest American artist of melancholy, Edward Hopper. And here’s what I learned about melancholy while on vacation in Turkey. For the Turks, melancholy is a collective phenomenon that they call huzun. Orham Pamek, in his greatContinue reading “Mr. Melancholy (Americana edition)”