Tag Archives: Andrew Sullivan

Re: The Daily Show, Post-Bush

Andrew Sullivan chimes in on the future of the Daily Show in a post-Bush era. Apparently, some people don’t think it can survive – that they simply can’t or won’t take on an Obama presidency.
I think this grossely misunderstands what the Daily Show is about and who it targets.
My sense is that politicians are not [...]

Bush-Cheney and the Global Puke

Andrew Sullivan pretty much sums up what were all feeling about Bush, Cheney, the election and our collective hopes for America if Obama wins:
The more I think about it the more this election day feels like one giant collective, global puke. That Bush-Cheney thing never quite settled with us, did it? We’ll feel [...]

science and neo-progressivism

Those who enjoyed mine and Taylor’s piece on neo-progressives may remember that we claimed both the original progressive and the neo-progressive movements were founded on the pursuit of a few core values:
The rise of industrial capitalism during the 19th century led to a series of tense societal changes. These included the emergence of an urban [...]

Friday laughs – Dulles doesn’t strike and Graphs are funny

So a few weeks ago I blogged from Dulles International Airport where I’d missed my connection and transformed at four flight 36 hour journey into a four flight 42 hour journey.
This week Forbes published  the list of the 100 worst most time consuming airports and shockingly, Dulles does not make the top 10 (although it [...]

New York Times tears down its walled garden

Serendipity! Taylor and I just submitted a op-ed piece in reaction to Kathy English’s Toronto Star Editorial Journalism is Job 1 – As Always in which we question her vision of the Star’s role within an online enabled community.
One of the main thrusts of our piece is that it is not enough for newspapers to [...]

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