Spitball Army

Of course there is powerful literature in all big cultures, but you can’t get away from the fact that Europe still is the center of the literary world … not the United States.

[Read more →]

Watch for these consolidations later in the year!

[Read more →]

In a closed-door session with House Republicans, Minority Leader John A. Boehner just called the financial rescue deal a “crap sandwich” – then said he’ll vote for it when it comes to the floor Monday.

[Read more →]

At [our company], we pride our selves on prompt responses to customer service issues both in the restaurants and at our corporate office. It appears that we have failed you at both locations.

[Read more →]

This morning, my radio alarm clock announced the arrival of a new day with the strains of a string quartet. I lay in bed trying to identify whose quartet it was. It sounded like Beethoven, perhaps even Brahms.

[Read more →]

In case you missed it (as I did) here is last night’s Sarah Palin sketch from Saturday Night Live, featuring Tina Fey as Sarah Palin and Amy Poehler as Katie Couric.

[Read more →]

Just recently, I heard – on one of the reality shows I occasionally watch (I think this might have been Bravo’s Top Design) – someone exclaim, “Oh, travertine,” through a grimace. Has travertine become a sign of poor taste?

[Read more →]

This McCain campaign ad began broadcasting before John McCain was even off the stage at tonight’s debate. Does “I approved this message” mean that “I allowed Rick Davis to approve this ad?”

[Read more →]

McCain just referred to himself as a maverick of the Senate, and that he has a running mate who is a maverick, too. Oh, and he also mentioned – another recycled sound bite – that he wasn’t voted Miss Congeniality in the Senate.

[Read more →]

“There will be devastating consequences to our economy if we do not hold a secret meeting at the exact same time as the debates!”

[Read more →]