Posts by Doug
PETA’s Version of Honesty. Enjoy.
THE FOLLOWING is a quotation from “Lucy van Pelt”, an anonymous commenter accused of defamation by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Or rather, this is how the quotation appears in papers filed by PETA, in their threat to sue the Huffington Post:
This is the original quotation, as posted by Lucy Van Pelt on the Huffington Post:
Now what’s wrong with this picture? more »
PETA’s Version of Honesty. Enjoy.
THE FOLLOWING is a quotation from “Lucy van Pelt”, an anonymous commenter accused of defamation by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Or rather, this is how the quotation appears in papers filed by PETA, in their threat to sue the Huffington Post:
This is the original quotation, as posted by Lucy Van Pelt on the Huffington Post:
Now what’s wrong with this picture? more »
100 Million Dollar Lawsuit! (Naming, uh, me.)
If you get involved in No Kill — an effort to save the lives of 3 million shelter animals, annually — you’d better be prepared to deal with the most charming and sane of PETA supporters, like this one. more »
100 Million Dollar Lawsuit! (Naming, uh, me.)
If you get involved in No Kill — an effort to save the lives of 3 million shelter animals, annually — you’d better be prepared to deal with the most charming and sane of PETA supporters, like this one. more »
David Frum Fired Again by Hallowed Think Tank
After writing for a second time that Obamacare represents a Republican “Waterloo,” conservative pundit David Frum has once again been ejected from the prestigious American Enterprise Institute. more »
David Frum Fired Again by Hallowed Think Tank
After writing for a second time that Obamacare represents a Republican “Waterloo,” conservative pundit David Frum has once again been ejected from the prestigious American Enterprise Institute. more »
The Plot Thickens
AN INTERVIEW with Novelist Douglas Anthony Cooper.
(This dialogue was published in Architecture magazine, which is no longer with us. The piece never appeared online. I did not own a copy for years, but I recently stumbled over this transcript: the conversation looks a bit quaint, in this century, but it’s a nice time capsule.)
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The few architects we find in popular fiction are predictably likable. more »
The Plot Thickens
AN INTERVIEW with Novelist Douglas Anthony Cooper.
(This dialogue was published in Architecture magazine, which is no longer with us. The piece never appeared online. I did not own a copy for years, but I recently stumbled over this transcript: the conversation looks a bit quaint, in this century, but it’s a nice time capsule.)
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The few architects we find in popular fiction are predictably likable. more »
Slithering Into Publication
Some time ago I stumbled upon an entirely new genre of literature. While searching for a Sonny Rollins disc on Amazon, I happened upon the following customer review of Saxophone Colossus:
“Among the finest jazz works ever. more »
Slithering Into Publication
Some time ago I stumbled upon an entirely new genre of literature. While searching for a Sonny Rollins disc on Amazon, I happened upon the following customer review of Saxophone Colossus:
“Among the finest jazz works ever. more »
How to Read a War Criminal
Inquiring minds want to know precisely how much John Yoo was paid to offer his opinions to the Wall Street Journal. We can assume it was less than his rate at the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel, where he produced among the most toxic professional opinions in American history. more »
How to Read a War Criminal
Inquiring minds want to know precisely how much John Yoo was paid to offer his opinions to the Wall Street Journal. We can assume it was less than his rate at the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel, where he produced among the most toxic professional opinions in American history. more »
Yes, Charlotte, Some Women are Stupid
It has become impossible not to argue that the mainstream media is conspiring against the right wing. Charlotte Allen’s wondrous piece in the Washington Post – arguing (mostly without irony) that women are “dumb” — clinches it. more »
Yes, Charlotte, Some Women are Stupid
It has become impossible not to argue that the mainstream media is conspiring against the right wing. Charlotte Allen’s wondrous piece in the Washington Post – arguing (mostly without irony) that women are “dumb” — clinches it. more »
Tony Snow Denies Reports That He is “Tony Snow”
Embattled White House spokesman Tony Snow distanced himself today from earlier remarks, by dismissing reports that he was “Tony Snow.” Yesterday, in the growing uproar over the US Attorney General’s widely perceived perjury, Mr. more »
Tony Snow Denies Reports That He is “Tony Snow”
Embattled White House spokesman Tony Snow distanced himself today from earlier remarks, by dismissing reports that he was “Tony Snow.” Yesterday, in the growing uproar over the US Attorney General’s widely perceived perjury, Mr. more »
Incompetence, and A Remedy
An astonishing piece in the Wall Street Journal (subscription only), offers noted academic Harvey Mansfield casually rejecting — believe it or not – the rule of law. more »
Incompetence, and A Remedy
An astonishing piece in the Wall Street Journal (subscription only), offers noted academic Harvey Mansfield casually rejecting — believe it or not – the rule of law. more »
Time For Andrew Sullivan To Come Out Of The Closet
This is an open letter to Andrew Sullivan:
Sometimes, when a man is consistently correct in his moral thinking, he is forced to change his language. Some words will no longer do. more »
Time For Andrew Sullivan To Come Out Of The Closet
This is an open letter to Andrew Sullivan:
Sometimes, when a man is consistently correct in his moral thinking, he is forced to change his language. Some words will no longer do. more »
There are LAWS against this?
From the LA Times:
“The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor was indicted in Miami on U.S. charges of committing torture as chief of a paramilitary unit during his father’s regime…”…The indictment marks the first time a 12-year-old federal anti-torture law has been used, U.S. more »
There are LAWS against this?
From the LA Times:
“The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor was indicted in Miami on U.S. charges of committing torture as chief of a paramilitary unit during his father’s regime…”…The indictment marks the first time a 12-year-old federal anti-torture law has been used, U.S. more »
Filibuster Alito, You Cowards
Alito is a menace. Friends, this is no time to invoke the Powell Doctrine. Sometimes you have to enter a battle without overwhelming force and without the assurance of victory: that’s what’s known as “courage.” Conservatives are salivating for a reason: Samuel Alito’s succession to the court would render the Bush era permanent. more »
Filibuster Alito, You Cowards
Alito is a menace. Friends, this is no time to invoke the Powell Doctrine. Sometimes you have to enter a battle without overwhelming force and without the assurance of victory: that’s what’s known as “courage.” Conservatives are salivating for a reason: Samuel Alito’s succession to the court would render the Bush era permanent. more »
How You Know You’ve Been Kidnapped by the CIA
At last we have details regarding “special rendition” (or, if you prefer, “extraordinary rendition” — a phrase which is even more doubleplusgood). This is important. more »
How You Know You’ve Been Kidnapped by the CIA
At last we have details regarding “special rendition” (or, if you prefer, “extraordinary rendition” — a phrase which is even more doubleplusgood). This is important. more »
What “Torture” is
If you’re not reading Andrew Sullivan’s blog, you’re not fully aware of what this administration’s doing to untried prisoners in the name of The War Against Other People’s Terrorism. more »
What “Torture” is
If you’re not reading Andrew Sullivan’s blog, you’re not fully aware of what this administration’s doing to untried prisoners in the name of The War Against Other People’s Terrorism. more »
As the Buck Screeches to a Halt
“He’s a vile, detestable, moralistic person with no heart and no conscience who believes he’s been tapped by God to do very important things.”
No, that’s not an assessment of George W. more »
As the Buck Screeches to a Halt
“He’s a vile, detestable, moralistic person with no heart and no conscience who believes he’s been tapped by God to do very important things.”
No, that’s not an assessment of George W. more »
In Which Harriet Miers Disrupts My Sleep
I had a dream about Harriet Miers the other night. (Yes, yes, I know: Cooper, get a life.) The dream — not my narrative unconscious at its most exciting, I’m afraid — involved George Bush withdrawing her nomination. more »
In Which Harriet Miers Disrupts My Sleep
I had a dream about Harriet Miers the other night. (Yes, yes, I know: Cooper, get a life.) The dream — not my narrative unconscious at its most exciting, I’m afraid — involved George Bush withdrawing her nomination. more »
Harriet Miers: Good Joke or Bad Joke?
That Harriet Miers is a joke, we have no reason to doubt. David Frum reports that Miers “once told me that the president was the most brilliant man she had ever met.” David — whatever you may think about his views; he’s a very swift guy — must have choked. more »
Harriet Miers: Good Joke or Bad Joke?
That Harriet Miers is a joke, we have no reason to doubt. David Frum reports that Miers “once told me that the president was the most brilliant man she had ever met.” David — whatever you may think about his views; he’s a very swift guy — must have choked. more »