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 | On November 13, 2008, the world lost a tremendous force of good in the dog world. Ingela Levett, 63, was the Founder and President of Rawhide Rescue. A non-profit rescue group of foster homes that worked tirelessly to find “forever homes” for dogs. She helped save over 2000 dogs and brought happiness to so many [...] In a moment of historic drama in the Capitol and on Wall Street, the House of Representatives voted on Monday to reject a $700 billion rescue of the financial industry. The vote against the measure was 228 to 205. Supporters vowed to try to bring the rescue package up for consideration against as soon as possible. Stock markets plunged sharply at midday as [...] Unlike most white folks from the South, Burma has been a part of my consciousness since I was in kindergarten. My education began in the first kindergarten class of a new, progressive-minded Episcopal school. St. Stephens back then was tiny: fewer than 200 students in 13 grades, and six of those students were Newhalls. And two of the Newhalls were Burmese. Jimmy and Johnny [...] This is such a splendid article I am pasting it in full. I don't think David will mind. He can sue me if he does. And since we are no longer a country ruled by laws, it won't matter. By David Sirota There is a story that warms the heart of every Washington-based pundit, liberal or conservative, Republican or Democrat, a story that hearkens back to the heady Boys on the Bus days – the days when the Towering Pundits of Washington supposedly led America to a blissful political utopia. This tale was trumpeted like a clarion call from the sleek websites of Beltway chronicles like The New Republic. It was the story of how one courageous pundit, Time Magazine's Joe Klein, so honed his skills at self-congratulation and promotion that he managed to bill himself as a de facto adviser and strategist to the 2004 Democratic nominee for President. This story has reached something of legend status inside the Beltway, as it gives all pundits the strength to press on with their courageous work propping up the Establishment and the motivation to continue worshiping power. Because of this tale, they too can hope to one day be so self-important as to use their proximity to officialdom to transcend mere writing and pontificating, and move into the wielding and execution of elite power. The reason this story is so important today in Washington is because the punditocracy is under attack and therefore hope is in desperately short supply on the cocktail party circuit. This term "punditocracy," you see, used to have a very literal meaning: Rule by Washington Pundits. These Titans of Journalism, these Michaelangelos sculpting elite opinion, these saviors heroically rescuing America from itself were able to put pen to paper, hands to keyboard, and faces to camera and make sure our government followed The Way – their way. Continue reading America, Rest At Ease – The D.C. Pundits Are Fighting to Save the Universe |      | ||||
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