Yesterday I attended the premiere of a new series by Morgan Spurlock called “30 Days.â€? Created in the wake of Morgan’s success with “Super Size Me”, each episode is about when someone walks in someone else’s shoes for 30 days. In the first episode, Morgan and his fiance try to live in Columbus, Ohio on […]
Bolo Ties Off Limits at High School Graduation
There’s an interesting little scandal I found on the AP wire this afternoon brewing in Pomfret, Maryland an outer suburb located southeast of D.C. There, a student with Cherokee ancestory wore a bolo tie instead of a fabric one at his graduation ceremony, and school officials have withheld his diploma pending a meeting with the […]
See the Premiere of Morgan Spurlock’s ‘30 Days’
Click here to RSVP for the free premiere of FX’s “30 Daysâ€? to be followed by a panel by Sen. Edward Kennedy, and Executive Producer Morgan Spurlock. The event is next Tuesday, June 14 at 6:30 p.m. in the Regal Gallery Place Cinema in D.C. If you can’t make the screening, the show premieres on […]
Detroit Marathon
Who wants to run with me? October 23, 2005. —–
Bernie Sanders Drops by Take Back America
U.S. Rep Bernie Sanders (campaign website, house website) stopped by the Take Back America Conference today during the send-off lunch to talk up his bid for U.S. Senate. Some googling found me this story which reports he was endorsed by Howard Dean in May. This from an AP story: Sanders remains a socialist, although not […]
‘Take Back America’ Day 2 Down
The folks at TBA have posted transcripts and videos of some of the speeches. Antonio Villaraigosa’s is good, and probably worth checking out as he seems like the flavor of the month. He also had the harshest things to say about the conference, interestingly. John Edwards’ address (not up yet) was good, he abandoned his […]
Social Security March Tomorrow
As President Bush continues to push his scheme to privatize Social Security and slash benefits for middle-class families, hundreds of concerned citizens from across the country and the region will take to the streets of Washington D.C. tomorrow, Friday, June 3, 2005, at 2:30 pm and march to the White House to tell President Bush […]