If you thought YOUR youth was fleeting . . .- January 18, 2005 Well, it whizzes by pretty fast for a human, but for a new art form . . . Or communication form . . . I'd say it officially ended for blogland with the current dispute over Kos accepting money from Dean and other unnamed candidates while writing about them during the last election cycle--about Dean for sure; the others, who knows, hence the problem. Two good pieces about it from our two best web sources, Salon and Slate (more or less)--Scott Rosenberg and Chris Suellentrop,...http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/politics/2005/01/18.html#a1513 . . . as read by children- January 14, 2005 Have you seen the occasional segment on The Daily Show, of Great Moments in Punditry (something like that), as read by children Take a transcript of two or three talking idiots making asses of themselves on one of those shouter shows like Hardball (or this week, Meet The Press--nearly as insipid), and have little kids read it, each taking a different part. There is no way I can express what it's like to see and hear it, but it is one of the most brilliant things you'll ever witness. I...http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/politics/2005/01/13.html#a1510 |