Henry Rollins: cultural ambassador

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

On George Stroumboulopoulos’s Canadian Broadcasting interview show The Hour, perpetually hypercaffeinated Henry Rollins details his recent visit to the evil empire. The image alone of Rollins banging around Iran makes my Top Five this week.

Kos campaigning

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

This exchange on evil Washington lobbyists and the corruption of the democratic process took place at the Kos convention this past weekend. Maybe it was the setting and the audience of bloggers, maybe it’s because the candidates are increasingly embracing a new, more real, blog-influenced form of campaigning… whatever it was, this exchange has the feeling of actual communication. Edwards won’t take money from lobbyists. Obama agrees. Clinton dodges and gets mocked. She laughs and dodges some more and then comes back with what she really thinks. Nice. It looks like democratic politics. More of this please.