Tom Toles: August 29, 2010 - September 4, 2010

Goodnight, Fenty?

*** Friday rant: Bjorn too late edition "Oh!" he exclaimed, climate change is "undoubtedly one of the chief concerns of the world today." Well thanks for that, Mr. Sensible Environmentalist Climate Change Is No Big Worry Bjorn Lomborg! Thanks...

By Tom Toles  | September 3, 2010; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (18)
Categories:  DC, Mayor Adrian Fenty  
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The jigsaw is up

*** You didn't see this one coming You think you know all the obvious things, but you don't. For example, is it difficult to scamper down stairs backwards? Leave aside for the moment that you haven't scampered ANYWHERE recently,...

By Tom Toles  | September 2, 2010; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (16)
Categories:  Middle East  
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The door is jammed

*** Predicting is hard, especially the future It seems the polls are telling us that the Democrats will be demolished in November, so let me buy the stock at a low price by saying it won't be as bad...

By Tom Toles  | September 1, 2010; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (14)
Categories:  Middle East, National Security  
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Judge not

Stranger in a strange land Suspicious Package, the band some friends and I formed a few years ago, returned Saturday from its triumphal world tour. Well, Europe, anyway. Actually, just Italy. More precisely, Porto Recanati, a lovely seaside town...

By Tom Toles  | August 31, 2010; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (34)
 
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Shedding crocodile tears

*** Third eye blind There apparently is a chicken and egg problem with the introduction of 3D TV. Will customers buy the sets if there is insufficient 3D programming? Will the programming get made if not enough people own...

By Tom Toles  | August 30, 2010; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (11)
Categories:  Economy and jobs  
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