Holiday cards

Just got my White House card today. I'm sure there are some on the far Right who will take Obama to task for not using the word Christmas, but those people don't need an excuse to take Obama to task--they live for that. Anyway, here they are:

Let the hyper-sensitive holidays begin!

Love the last line of this article

Random House decides to beat its head against the wall again

Claims e-rights on its backlist, again.

Scotland's oldest book being displayed for only the second time in 1000 years

In these days of Twitter, Facebook, and email, it is good to see examples of the lasting power of a book as an object of its own.

Faux news, faux numbers, faux "authentic"

The natural end to the path the Wacky Right trods in which education = "elitism" is that you get graphs like this, on FOX:



You also get people who deliberately dumb themselves down in order to get jobs there.

Beck: Goldbug with an interest

Beck in trouble for his gold endorsements?

Seems like a clear conflict to me. The guy can believe what he wants to, but when he promotes the industry on his show without disclosing his financial interest, this is a no-no. No matter what your political persuasion.

Obama in Oslo

Text of Obama's Nobel speech.

I realize that the conservative backbiters aren't going to bother reading it, but I think it lays out Obama's worldview on the role of war in our times.

A classic Safire story about a classic photo

Some of the story behind the "kitchen confrontation."

When they are quick to cite the Constitution...

Usually, they have no idea what they are talking about. Tom Schaller @ 538 with a nice little primer when you're faced with people who misunderstand the Constitution.

A peek inside Farmgate

For you military buffs.

Scour your shelves!

Rare Darwin book found in guest bathroom.

The weird thing for me is that the cover looks like about half the covers on old books.