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As with the – duh – 2000 election, the actual mechaincs of voting will be once again crucial to the outcome of the election, with literal and psychological implications for the nation and for the legitimacy of the next president. For a little levity before the heavy stuff, check out …

Like Craig, I dislike the Red Sox and despise the Yankees (both are bloated, self-important, extravagantly funded monstrosities) but last night’s game — 5-4 Sox in 14 innings — on top of the tenacious Red Sox win to sidestep elimination the night before (down 3 games to none, following a …

Film Nosferatu with live music in Cleveland tomorrow

The Music returns with their sophomore effort Welcome To The North and once again unleashes their big wall of sound. Their songs come across as concert anthems with bombastic, rock ‘n’ roll flourishes and danceable beats. The percussion of Phil Jordan drives the rhythms and Stuart Coleman’s bass lays the …

Yesterday I tried to explain as carefully as I could why I am almost certainly voting for President Bush. The NY Times, whose editorial board endorsed Kerry yesterday, is concerned about Kerry’s Mary Cheney remark in the final debate: a single remark by Mr. Kerry, noting that Vice President Dick …

Punk, even the sophisticated variety to which this aspires, needs attitude.

Jon Stewart appeared on CNN’s Crossfire with Tucker Carlson and Paul Begala last week (as part of his book tour, I am certain), and rather than being either a serious discussion of Stewart’s view of the candidates or the process, or a funny discussion of the same, it was rather …

And as a result, who are you voting for?

I sheepishly admit I have never learned to whistle with my fingers. I can whistle rather melodiously using the puckered lips method, but no ear-bleeding “HEY, PAY ATTENTION!!” penetrator with my fingers. I think that’s the kind of thing you either learn by about 13 or it isn’t going to …

Speaking of bad weeks – how about a bad life? Does anyone think the world wouldn’t be a better place if Mark David Chapman had never been born? The transcript of Mark Chapman’s recent parole hearing was released yesterday. It’s very sad: John Lennon’s killer Mark Chapman shot the former …