Author Archives: jsl915@aol.com

A unique fusion: the company is classically trained but totally uninhibited. I mean, if Tallulah had put on pointe shoes. . . I went to see them last weekend in Eifman’s Red Giselle and once again experienced the way they … Continue reading →

vs. Tony Blair’s is calibrated by Jonathan Cook at CommonDreams. “The corporations mobilized their entire propaganda machine to get Blair into power. And yet he managed it with only 2 percentage points more than Corbyn, who had that same propaganda … Continue reading →

Watch it try to shut down Nancy Pelosi–and watch her prevail, courtesy Now This News and Daily Kos’s Leslie Salzillo. A fitting pendant to Mitch McConnell’s harrasment of Elizabeth Warren. And then, Nota bene, McConnell continued the mind fuck by … Continue reading →

Erlanger refers with a straight face to Jeremy Corbyn’s “proto-Marxist program.” Fairness in Accuracy and Reporting identifies this piece as “a case study in how to disguise an op-ed as reporting. . . .In the report, the Times quoted eight people: … Continue reading →

And Kellyanne is shocked, shocked about it, and wants his head on a platter. Almost funny to watch the Fox and Friends apparatchiks cue her manufactured outrage. No, Kellyanne, it’s we the American people who are genuinely outraged about what … Continue reading →

This is how the game is played: do the most horrific things to a population, then whine that you’re being victimized if said population puts up any resistance. It’s Daddy Donnie’s constant tactic, and son Eric is now trying it … Continue reading →

One of the exciting discoveries I made researching my book on Tallulah was the fact that the ending of Hellman’s play that reached Broadway is not the ending that Hellman originally intended, which was performed during the try-out in Baltimore. … Continue reading →

Let Josh Marshall do the analysis: “The mix of the deepening Russia scandal crisis and European leaders harsh rejection of him at Brussels have pushed the President into a rage and humiliation cycle that is playing out before our eyes.”

is enabled by the Democrats’ endless capitulations. In The Intercept, Jon Schwartz writes: “Republicans and their conservative media apparatus are engaged in a continuous war against Democrats — or any Republican who moves an inch out of lock step. Democrats exist … Continue reading →

he’s an outright crook. Callum Borchers in the Washington Post investigates the way that Carlson is swindling the IRS.