Posts Tagged ‘Obama’

Fact-checking the debate

This Tuesday saw the second meeting between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain, the respective Democratic and Republican nominees for the American presidency. The debate was a “town hall” format, in quotes because it wasn’t really a town hall format, hosted by Tom Brokaw, the most passive-aggressive journalist anyone could find. The modern [...]

Zippity-doo-dah

So I was in a particularly good mood earlier today, for no real reason, and inexplicably I started whistling “Zippity-doo-dah” to myself. It’s a catchy, happy song, despite its origins in Disney’s nefarious “Song of the South.” I caught myself happily whistling along with Uncle Remus, merely celebrating my good day, and I stopped and [...]