Making some gratuitous use of embedded video:

Caught a week-old episode of Conan on the Tivo last night and really liked the musical guest, Brandi Carlile. I’m extremely jealous of her amazing voice, and I’ve got it bad for girls who rock, so she probably hooked me long before the music really started to sink in. […]

Here’s a youtube video I wanted to reference. Sorry, but the link will have to do until I get embedded video working. Update: Got it!

Couldn’t have said it better. Ann Coulter is an embarassment to humanity and a noxious influence on our public discourse, but she’s also miserable at convincing anyone who doesn’t already agree […]

A point made by Mickey Kaus on Monday’s instalment of Bloggingheads.tv, regarding Gore’s appearance on This Week with George Stephanopoulos. On the show, Gore said that removing troops from Iraq at this point could worsen the situation, and that we shouldn’t set a timeline for withdrawal. Mickey sez:

I thought it was very interesting that the […]

I just got back from seeing Al Gore’s new movie about global warming, An Inconvenient Truth (check out the trailer). On the way back, my roomates and I were discussing how excellent it was; the film is enormously informative and persuasive, but it is also very entertaining, which is saying a lot when you consider […]