Roxanne Cooper

THREE STORIES/ RUMORS FROM SXSW…. Everyone’s talking about a insider’s political listserv and wondering why they haven’t been invited to join it. Ajax is the new black. If you don’t get it, call your local geek. Comedian Andy Dick has completely and utterly lost it. I hear there’s physical evidence of his SXSW escapades. For […]

AN ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVE…. Why have Conservative Catholics rejected the Church’s teaching on immigration issues? And will there be a call for priests to refuse communion to Michelle Malkin and Pat Buchanan? /snark The assertion that “the white activists who shaped the Left of the 1960s have remained mired in a culture of hostility toward religion […]

HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS….As you may have heard by now, Feingold plans to introduce a resolution tomorrow to censure Bush. Let’s break out our crystal balls for a moment. If the resolution passes, what’s the impact on the Republican Party in ’06 and ’08?

REPUBLICANS IN ’08….I agree with Atrios. Neither Frist, Romney, Allen, or McCain will be the Republican nominee in ’08. Frist lost the nomination the day he danced the Schiavo shuffle. A Republican candidate from New England? Get serious. The Dems can’t even nominate a candidate from New England. Allen’s got some personal data that’s already […]

POLYGAMY AND THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY…. HBO’s new comedy series, “Big Love,” has spawned some interesting commentary from John Tierney, which has, in turn, spawned some interesting feedback from the blogosphere. I particularly enjoy this commenter’s take on Tierney: It’s not like women actually enjoy or seek out sex, ever; so why shouldn’t they spread […]

THE BUTCHER OF THE BALKANS…. According to a report that just hit the wires, Slobodan Milosevic has died of natural causes in his jail cell. He was 64. And probably won’t be missed.

DREAM SHOW….It’s a good thing I won’t be attending the Music Festival portion of SXSW… because in looking at the daunting list of amazing bands performing this year, it’s hard to know where to start. I wouldn’t miss Beth Orton, Tokyo Nites, Jad Fair & Lumberob, The Gena Rowlands Band, The Silos, and Midori Umi. […]

THE SELF-SERVICE FUTURE….In last week’s NYT Sunday Mag, Freakonomics authors Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt proclaimed real estate agents an endangered species: Think back for a moment to 1999. Travel agents still roamed the earth in vast numbers. So did stockbrokers. But their business models were being blown apart, largely by the Internet. […]

LET’S GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY…. Universal Health Care = good! Next topic?