JM Bell | August 28, 2009
Ok, before I begin this, I have to admit – I have two little ones in the house and they are split on Reading Rainbow. From NPR: … the decision to end Reading Rainbow can also be traced to a shift in the philosophy of educational television programming. The change started with the Department of [...]
JM Bell | August 26, 2009
I wanted to say a few words this morning about the passing of an extraordinary leader, Senator Edward Kennedy. Over the past several years, I’ve had the honor to call Teddy a colleague, a counselor and a friend. And even though we have known this day was coming for some time now, we awaited it [...]
JM Bell | August 26, 2009
I can’t get a hold on my feelings today long enough to get anything out about Kennedy today. I am very sad, I am worried about the future, I mourn for my party, I mourn for my children and, funny enough, I keep thinking about Ed Mayne. Too fresh, I guess. From around the blogs [...]
JM Bell | August 25, 2009
It’s quite well known around here that, aside from Gayle Ruzicka’s phone tree list, Jim Matheson is afraid of voters and reporters – and that Allyson Heyrand will do whatever she can to Jim away from any public event where she doesn’t control at least 95% of his movement and words. It’s a little sad [...]
JM Bell | August 24, 2009
AND – It’s from the AP, no less. “But, gosh, Jeff,” I hear the wing nuts saying, “the government killing senior citizens sounds so reasonable and not bat-shit crazy.” “Well,” I say, “you’re a moron.”
JM Bell | August 23, 2009
A lot of the time, I think Tweety does ok at his job – He’s not Tim Russert, to be sure, but, compared to David “stenography is my business” Gregory, Matthews is more like Murrow than not. Think Progress saves me the time with this – It’s ironic that a cable news host such as [...]
