The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
newsweek has a helpful compendium of tea party players who bashed government spending, and then personally requested stimulus funds. a taste:?to cantor, an $8 billion high-speed rail connecting las vegas to disneyland is wasteful “pork-barrel spending.” the virginia republican set up the “you cut” web site to demonstrate how easy it is to slash gov... (201 天前)
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
starhawk, a practioner of wicca, explains the day's significance:for witches, for those who practice the renewal of the ancient, pre-christian goddess religions of europe and the middle east, halloween is our most sacred holiday, our new year. in celtic ireland, wales and scotland, samhain, pronounced ‘sau-in’, was the time when the sheep and cattle... (201 天前)
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
a spooky literary romance, directed by spike jonze.... (201 天前)
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
friedersdorf wishes will would take his critique of romney's candidacy a step further:?can i request a sequel? if not romney, who??...?the rise of sarah palin, michele bachmann, and herman cain weren't accidents. they were the logical products of an ideological movement whose leading voices place no value on governing experience, credible policy propos... (201 天前)
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
michael van baker argues for lower speed limits in residential areas:someone hit by a car traveling at 40 miles per hour has an over-80-percent chance of being killed. at 30, it’s still 37 to 45 percent. but at 20, it’s just five percent. the key factors are stopping time and response time–at 20 miles per hour, the driver is in control of their car... (201 天前)
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
the handheld craze gets its hitchcockian moment:video game - e3 2012 - angry birds... (201 天前)
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
a perennial debunking:[c]hildren do face some real health risks on halloween, but the risks come from cars, not candy. the national safety council reports that children are at an increased risk of injury as pedestrians, being four times more likely to be killed by a car while walking around on halloween than on any other night of the year. so, if you r... (201 天前)