Rest in peace, “Pa” Newman. You will be missed.

Following the logic of Fred Thompson’s speech:

So torture builds character that leads to leadership.
I can only imagine the sign above Gitmo:

“Welcome Future World Leaders”

Don’t I look simply smashing, baby?

Via iampariah.com:

This, I would think, would work just as well for co-workers prone to peering over the cubicle wall or checking out one’s computer over one’s shoulder.

Have you ever sat on a plane, next to an irritating traveler who keeps talking to you, snooping at everything you read,etc.? Next time, follow these instructions:

1. Open your laptop computer.
2. Start up.
3. Close your eyes and tilt your head up to the sky. Take a very deep breath…
4. Then hit this link

I’ve thought a lot about how to preserve what’s essential and right about journalism in America — specifically, investigative journalism, that hound dog, shoe-leather, waist-deep-in-the-muck staple — in the evolving new economy. All of the newspapers I worked at (seven, in total) have either reduced staff, been sold off, or folded.

No answers yet, but some folks are asking the right questions.

A thoughtful paper on the shortcomings of an elite education.

Although she has barely exercised power, she is already under federal investigation for abuse of it.

- Robert Reich