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Rip Van Winkle

2008-10-06T21:28:34Z

Thanks for an entertaining twist on this old story. It's funny, sad and true.

Old Hippy Does It Again!!

2008-10-06T21:14:18Z

Elliot Feldman's running comicpage on living and working in Amerika should be on the op-ed pages of every newspaper in the country. Is he relevant to what's going on now? In the words of the reigning "Miss Amewica"--"you betcha!" Is 'old hippy' just a wonk or in lower eastside parlance, a schlemiel? Nope. He's come up with the best answer yet to Washington--"Stuff It!" Yeah.

Flick Me I'm A Fly

see Elliott Feldman's comic

Reality: Stage It and Cage It

2008-10-04T19:50:29Z

Sara Palin is a cheer leader and that's it. Compare Biden's use of his experience in the Senate, in the debate, or Obama's thinkng outloud, while he deals with the issues, and you have the distance, and difference, between A and Z. Palin like her mentor, John McCain, is trapped in a One Note Charley routine. There is no doubt that she has an outgoing and exuberant quality. And there is no reason to fault her on that. But she's in a different stadium than the one she thinks she is cheerleading in. McCain's choice of Palin as his Vice Presidential candidate reflects his poor judgement.

Ned Bobkoff

Kerman's Reality Check Re-checked

2008-10-03T19:57:52Z

Mr. Kerman,
Why do the God-fearing folk seem to have less tolerance, love and peace in their hearts than anyone else? Kind of goes against the teachings of Jesus Christ (who was a good Jewish boy and probably loved fried matzo) doesn't it? I certainly don't need either the conservative media or the liberal media to tell me what I think of Sarah Palin. Your voice of misogyny and bigotry is just one of the many sad misguided plebs in the United States (and the world) which prove to me that Palin is the last person on earth I'd trust to water my houseplants let alone help McCain run, I mean, ruin the country even more.

Lia Beachy
atheist, feminist, humanist

P.S. Fareed Zakaria is more intelligent than you, more famous than you and makes more money than you. I bet that gets your panties in a bunch!

Reality: Stage It and Cage It

2008-10-03T19:06:51Z

In response to Jake Meyers comment: "One of these days, I hope the mainstream media is honest enough to at least give a nod to the hypocrisy of criticizing Sarah Palin for her lack of qualifications to be veep while simultaneously failing to point out that Obama is similarly -- if not more -- lacking in experience for the position he seeks. At least the buck has stopped with Palin. At least she has made executive decisions and had to answer to a constituency. Not Obama. And wasn't Pres. Clinton also Governor of a very small state?"
I agree on the lack of experience comment only in that technically not one candidate that ever runs for president is truly qualified for the job. The role is complex, convoluted and can only be fully understood with on-the-job-training. But I will take Obama's "lack of experience" over Palin's lack of experience and her cutesy, folksy, beauty contestant, soccer-mom, small-town, "you betcha" act any day of the week! (How many male world leaders or CEOs on this planet have ever had to strut on a stage in a bathing suit for "college money"?) The Republicans who threw sexist rhetoric at Hillary Clinton for months and are now pushing for Palin must be secretly laughing inside and behind their country club closed doors (with their Democratic golf buddies). Now they have the opportunity to put up a woman, who is a walking caricature of herself, use her for political gain, and confirm the misogynistic tendencies that people (both men and women) already have and effectively set back feminism in this country. And of course fight the thing they fear the most... a man of color having the same power and opportunity that they've kept for themselves for years.

Lia Beachy

Rip Lives

2008-10-03T16:40:31Z

I always wondered what happened to him. You're baaad Les.

Sleepy John

read Les Marcott's article

Maggie Smith

2008-10-03T16:28:04Z

It's a shame that most people only see great acting artists often in inconsequential movies and never see them as the shining stars they are and at their most brilliant on stage, in the theatre. Maggie Smith is as bright as they come and as magnificent as any who have ever trod the boards. I love her.

Orin Richards

read Lia Beachy's article

Kathi Wolfe on Sarah Palin

2008-10-03T16:20:06Z

Brilliance that lights up the sky. And maybe prophetic as well.

Grace

read Kathi Wolfe's article

Reality: Stage It and Cage It

2008-10-03T16:15:59Z

One of these days, I hope the mainstream media is honest enough to at least give a nod to the hypocrisy of criticizing Sarah Palin for her lack of qualifications to be veep while simultaneously failing to point out that Obama is similarly -- if not more -- lacking in experience for the position he seeks. At least the buck has stopped with Palin. At least she has made executive decisions and had to answer to a constituency. Not Obama. And wasn't Pres. Clinton also Governor of a very small state?

Jake Meyers

read Arthur Meiselman's article

Gertrude Stein for President

2008-10-01T20:32:28Z

It says it all. Thanks Karren.

Sandy Cohen

read Karren Alenier's article

Reality Check

2008-10-01T20:14:49Z

Talk about sexism and racism? Right! Follow me, Mr. Kerman right down the hole and you'll find Mr. Meiselman right there at the tea party throwing ping-pong balls at the Mad Hatter who looks amazingly like George W. Bush. Guess who the Queen of Hearts looks like? And while you're at it, why don't you read his article again,. You seemed to have missed the point. By the way of your by the way, Fareed Zakaria is a highly respected American journalist and guess who he looks like?

Alice's White Rabbit

read Arthur Meiselman's article

Toshiba's Portégé M700

2008-10-01T20:06:30Z

Thanks for the recommend. I've always wanted to get into a Tablet. The question is who can afford it?

A Broke Geek

read the New Technology review

Where Cedar Creek Falls

2008-10-01T19:37:48Z

It's a pleasure to read this engrossing work. Mr. Challis' style is subtle and charming. I like serialized books very much. I wonder if, perhaps, it wouldn't be possible to post a chapter every week instead of taunting us with a month between "what will happen next"?

Anee S. Waterson

read Martin Challis' book

Reality Check

2008-10-01T19:19:43Z

Talk about sexism and racism. I don't understand where you're coming from or what this writing is all about other than a slap against our heritage. What does "reality" and "naturalism" in the arts have to do with this election? Sarah is going to surprise everybody with her charm and good looks, and then she is the picture of the typical God-fearing, motherly woman. She is exactly what is needed to make our hopes and our people strong. And you are wrong about Mrs. Clinton. She is too dumpy and too much like her corrupt husband to ever be elected. The best thing that could ever happen to her is a Jerry Bruckheimer action movie about her life. By the way, Fareed Zakaria is a foreigner and a Muslim so that should tell you something about what he has to say.

George Kerman

read Arthur Meiselman's article

Joao do Vale

2008-09-26T02:22:14Z

I left Brazil in 1967 after two years in Fortaleza, Ceara. A store attendant gave me a secreted away copy of Poeta do Povo an LP that I have cherished it since. How can I get more of his music? I know it will be big here in Hawaii where there are so many Portuguese totally unaware of their link to Brazil, its music and culture. A few years ago I found a cover of Joao's songs by Zela Barbossa. Magnificent voice. Que passo com ella? Muito obrigado.

Tomas Belsky

read Andrea Carvalho's article