The Mome Rath

Graybill tells me that Joan Baez was at the anti-war rally. Let's see, was that this last weekend? Or was it in 1967? Or was it at every anti-war rally from then until now? It's actually kind of endearing, like the little old ladies who would never dream of missing the church fete. Cindy Sheehan has managed to become part of this regular group, in only a few short months. Doesn't this lady own a dress?

T he problem is most people involved in politics today are mind-numbingly predictable. Think you will ever see Michael Moore do a film about the Hollywood hype industry or, for example, all the deaths related to Whitewater? Not likely. Teddy Kennedy votes agains John Roberts, and the networks send cameras to watch him do it. That's news? The only excitement left is to watch with keen interest to see to what rhetorical excess Howard Dean will next ascend. Thank you, Pat Robertson, you also make it occasionally worth opening the newspaper.