Day August 27, 2003

I yi yi Hillary Clinton to discuss White House bid. Richard Reeves says that Sen. Hillary Clinton and her advisers, “including her husband the ex-president, her money men and pollsters, will meet shortly after Labor Day — Sept. 6, I…

The O’Reilly monster… Fair and Balanced, the play. “Fair and Balanced” is a new one-act play by Brian Fleming: Fair & Balanced is a scathing satirical attack on Fox News Channel and its claim of ownership to the words “fair…

Propaganda, American-style From Brian Eno (Yes, that Brian Eno) writing for The Guardian The problem is not propaganda but the relentless control of the kind of things we think about When I first visited Russia, in 1986, I made friends…

Howard Dean: Something’s happening here The Dean campaign is turning into a juggernaut. Big crowds everywhere, a huge grassroots buzz, major money flowing in. This is beyond unusual this early in a Presidential campaign, especially by someone who a few…

Don’t go near the water A freak tragedy awakens Bangkok to the menace of filthy canals On a humid monsoon night, shortly after midnight, Thailand’s favorite pop star swerved off the road and plunged his black BMW into one of…