Daily Archives: July 23, 2004

A matter of perspective

I thought the whole Annie Jacobsen story was an embarrassment from the beginning, but after reading this, I wouldn’t want to leave the house any time soon if I were Ms. Jacobsen. Undercover federal air marshals on board a June … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in National news | 1 Comment

Congrats to Jay Allen!

Major congrats to Jay Allen, creator of the indispensible MT Blacklist for winning the grand prize in the Movable Type 3.0 Plugin Contest. If you use Movable Type and you’re not using MT Blacklist, you’re probably spending way more time … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Blog stuff | 1 Comment

GOP vs. the courts

I don’t often comment on national news, mostly because there are so many other fine outlets for such things, but I have a few words to say about the attempt by the Republicans in Congress to force DOMA-related lawsuits out … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Legal matters | 10 Comments

Coors marries Molson

Meet Molson Coors Brewing. Adolph Coors Co. agreed Thursday to inherit a Canadian cousin and take a back seat in naming rights under the proposed Molson Coors Brewing Co. In what company officials described as a merger of equals, Pete … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Bidness | 6 Comments

Yates improving in hospital

Andrea Yates is doing better at the psychiatric hospital in Galveston, though she’s still clearly very ill. Andrea Yates, who three years ago drowned her children in a bathtub, was reported to be improving in a hospital here Thursday although … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Crime and Punishment | 5 Comments

Ethics panel delays DeLay

I don’t see anything in Google News yet, but according to this Roll Call article, sent to me by the ever-vigilant AJ Garcia, the House Ethics Committee has exercised its option to put off doing anything on the complaint by … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Scandalized! | Comments Off on Ethics panel delays DeLay