Blog on the Run: Reloaded Because reality will not ignore YOU.

… except where we’re killing them to preserve their fetuses: A bill giving more legal protection to Kansas health care providers who refuse to participate in abortions was on its way Wednesday to Gov. Sam Brownback, despite concerns it would limit access to birth control and allow some professionals

My friend Ed Cone has ragged on the News & Record in recent days because of its (lack of) coverage of Amendment One, the proposed amendment to our state constitution now before North Carolina voters that would deny legal recognition to any union except the marriage of one man and one woman. (If you’

Stephen King: Tax Me, for F@%&’s Sake!: Chris Christie may be fat, but he ain’t Santa Claus. In fact, he seems unable to decide if he is New Jersey’s governor or its caporegime, and it may be a comment on the coarsening of American discourse that his brash rudeness is often taken for charm. In Febru

This will end well. I’m certain of it. Filed under: Aiee! Teh stoopid! It burns! Tagged: conservatives, Dick Armey, FreedomWorks, racism, Super PACs

I’m really enjoying not having to study, but I haven’t been hit by the inspiration for anything lengthy. So here’s what’s going on: * * * Pretty much everybody thinks Rupert Murdoch isn’t fit to run a media company. And, hell, we know that. But when Parliament thinks Rupert Murdoch isn’t fit to run

What with Cinco de Mayo coming up (a/k/a Amateur Night for gringos), if anyone offers you a choice between a bottle of Sol beer and a bottle of horse pee, take the horse pee. And then hit the guy in the head with the Sol bottle. The horse pee has substantially more character than the [...]

2 Cellos – Highway to Hell Bob Dylan – Girl from the North Country Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear the Reaper AC/DC – Shake a Leg Fountains of Wayne – Leave the Biker Gin Blossoms – Perfectly Still Graham Parker & the Rumour – Protection Lou Reed & David Bowie – Dirty Blvd/White Light, [...]

Forbes.com catches House Speaker John Boehner in a lie — and says so in so many words. Sure, the writer is a freelancer. But Forbes.com editors let that story go out. I’ve long thought that news media ought to call liars liars more often. Filed under: Journalism Tagged: Boehner, Journalism, media, n