Harry Shearer, voice on the Simpsons and Derek Smalls in Spinal Tap, takes up the anti-genocide case here. He’s right on every count, and he’s done his research. Check it out:
“Today, for example, the BBC’s online news site leads with a story that, Google though you might, surfaces in a substantially truncated [...]
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Harry Shearer is cute, funny, and anti-genocide
Who remembers Darfur?
What is Darfur again? The winner of the Apprentice? I just love Carrie Underwood. She’s like the next Trisha Yearwood.
Once again, Kofi is pleading with the world to help Darfur. Seems the rainy season is approaching and a “hunger gap” is on its way. How many Americans have any idea [...]
Star Wars Is a Commentary on Empire and Isn’t Racially Offensive Anymore
I saw Return of the Sith on Saturday and I haven’t been able to get the plot lines out of my head. It’s really good. Anakin’s fall to the dark side and his manipulation by the emperor is truly epic. I’m repeating what I’ve read from others, but one of the strengths [...]
Torture in Afghanistan
This is simply a horrifying story. The Times broke it today and coming on the heels of the Newsweek fiasco it’s sure to make a stink. The stories told in here are terrible and hard to imagine. The first story is of a taxi driver who was picked up and tortured [...]
What is happening in Uzbekistan?
People keep dying there, apparently, and these stories keep showing up. CNN attributes it to “tensions” between the government and protesters. I don’t think it’s possible to get more abstract and unspecific as that. Maybe if we start talking about Kylie Minogue’s breast cancer we can brings down to earth again.
Where is [...]
Way to break new ground
If you haven’t read the Huffington Post, you should. It’s a new online journal put together by Arianna Huffington, the slightly crazy woman who ran for governor of California last year and liberal commentator. The blog is really a collection of tons of famous people’s commentaries, featuring writerss from Larry David to Arthur [...]
The media is in love with itself. Where’s the torture?
Andrew Sullivan is one of the most-read bloggers on the web, not because everyone agrees with him (I’m with him about 50% of the time) but because he is fearless, independent, and honest. And he’s been tireless in his outrage about the torture scandals in Iraq and Guantanamo. Check out his recent discussion [...]
