I came across this while visiting David Gwynne's weblog Other Stream . The band is known as November Group and David describes them as "Boston-based, vaguely lesbian band who also recorded “We Danceâ€�, and "Put Your Back To It"." This is "Homeland."      All these works d...

Neocon poster child Phil Valentine slings shite in this Sunday morning’s Tennessean Opinion section. From the Tennessean: Expecting people who come to live and work in America to speak English is not an act of racism. It’s an act of preserving unity. We only need look north to QuebecR...

Our terrible Texas Senator John Cornyn has very little to say about our current economic troubles, but he sure goes on a lot about the closely contested U.S. Senate race in Minnesota . ( Please click here to read the latest report on Senator-elect Al Franken’s ever expanding lead in the Minne...

"Too bad Lassie didn't know how to ice skate, because then if she was in Holland, on vacation, in winter, and someone said, "Lassie, go skate for help," she could do it." -Jack Handy I have been watching movies and TV shows for years that feature skating at Rockefeller Center, in New York City, and ...

Dude.  I might not have anywhere to live come 2009.  This season just keeps getting better and better. And half of this isn't even my fault....

In a surprise visit to Puttaparthi and other official Sathya Sai Baba locales in late 2008, Brian Steel acquired a series of books and audio materials. There are several notable scholarly and other strengths observable in Brian Steel’s vast opus on the Sathya Sai phenomenon. Yet again, these q...

Normally I’d publish this as a comment to the post I’m addressing, but there’s one point about Macswain’s earlier post on job losses in November that cannot be understated: During the holiday season, retail is supposed to gain jobs.  Lots of them.  All those temporary retai...

Our November GameChanger of the Month selection was a slam dunk. Barack Obama is going to be America’s first baller president, and he’s going to be its first Improviser-in-Chief. His and his team’s ability to improvise their way to an election victory against rivals who were, initi...

Filed under: By the Numbers GM, Ford, Chrysler, Honda, Toyota all down over 30% While the Detroit 3 have their hands out in front of Congress, the entire U.S. auto industry turned in a report of dismal November sales today. Every major automaker saw its sales crash and crash hard last month, and the...

2pm Simon Chapman on CentreRight: Jacqui Smith personifies the phrase "Nothing to do with me, Guv" 1.30pm Seats and Candidates: City of Durham's newly-selected candidate, Nick Varley, is the youngest Conservative ever to stand for the House of Commons 12.30pm ToryDiary: Dominic Grieve says...