Month: April 2006

  • Dopes on Science

    Never mind the science, here’s the politics. Not content with denigrating the science behind any cogent understanding of evolutionary biology or global warming, now the Bushies are taking on medicine. Despite the clear scientific evidence that marijuana has medicinal uses such as combating nausea in chemotherapy patients and pain and anorexia in AIDS patients, Bush…

  • What Makes A Manager Good?

    I don’t know if there’s a manager in the Major Leagues that gets a blanket pass from his team’s fans. Maybe, you’d think, Joe Torre would, but anybody who’s ever spent any time in New York listening to sports talk radio (don’t ask) knows that every move Torre makes –and doesn’t make– is as scrutinized…

  • If Renee Richards were a car…

    Sometimes a woman’s gotta do what a woman’s gotta do. Particularly if that woman entered this world as a man. In the late 70s a certain doctor who was a nationally ranked tennis player changed his sex and continued to compete–as a woman. This raised all kinds of issues related to fair play. I am…

  • Cake Master at Rest

    The Food Network is hosting their competition show, Food Network Challenge, at the Mall of America this week. The other day, various food professionals from across the country competed to create a Candy Castle. The sweet victory went to local cake-legend Susan O’Boyle Jacobson, garnering her $10,000 and some nice national coverage. In a sad…

  • And They're Off…

    Today marks the opening of the 24th Annual Minneapolis/St.Paul International Film Festival with the local premiere of Al Franken: God Spoke (a title that, I have to admit, baffles me). The festival has come under some duress for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that these things are a bitch to…

  • Dope on the floor

    Does anybody else remember a fellow named Dan Bussey? I’m not even sure if that’s how he spells his name. But in any case, he was this guy–sported a long, curly mullet, if memory serves–who used to plan and execute all these dance parties for the 16-plus sect at places like Waterworks (in Centerville, near…