Author Archives: olneyce

Optimist Vs. The Silent Alarm (When The Saints Go Marching In) – Casiotone for the Painfully Alone Casiotone for the Painfully Alone has been around for years and years, occasionally putting out a track that I enjoyed but mostly losing … Continue reading →

Kevin Drum talks about the currently growing brand of right-wing lunacy, talking in particular about John Shadegg (R-Arizona), who described the current bills on health care reform as “Soviet-style gulag health care”: it’s a good example of what I mean … Continue reading →

Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) – Yim Yames Given my absolute soul-clenching hatred for the last My Morning Jacket, it’s such a breath of fresh air to hear Jim James (pseudononymously going by Yim Yames) getting back … Continue reading →

Will It Float – The Triangles Two optimistic takes on health care. First, Jonathan Chait points out that despite all the public fights and sensationalist coverage, the real matter here is whether 60 Democrats will be willing to simply not … Continue reading →

Kent Brockman: Senator Dole, why should people vote for you?Kang: It does not matter which way you vote! Either way your planet is doomed! Doomed! Doomed!Kent Brockman: Well, a refreshing bit of candor from Senator Bob Dole! I’ve been thinking … Continue reading →

I know it’s become pretty routine for me to pop up every couple months and apologize for the sporadic posting. But, here we go again. It’s back into the school year – and I’m busier than ever now that I’m … Continue reading →

History Sticks to Your Feet – Modest Mouse I wasn’t tremendously enthusiastic about the latest Modest Mouse record (or, really, the one before that). And I’ve posted here a number of times before about my growing acceptance of the fact … Continue reading →

Cheat to Win – Slapstick (from Slapstick) I always disliked John Edwards. I never felt good about it, because I couldn’t ever quite explain what it was about the guy that put me so on edge. All other things equal, … Continue reading →

So it appears that Massachusetts has (re)changed its rules about Senate appointments to allow the seating of an interim replacement for Ted Kennedy. I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, this is a crassly political move steeped … Continue reading →

I know it’s not a perfect analogy, and may even obfuscate some important things. Still, I think it helps to clarify things a little bit… Background: a new study says that lack of health insurance contributes to 44,789 deaths in … Continue reading →