Thunderbirds Are Now! Profiled in Pitchfork

This morning, checking out Pitchfork, I got a big surprise: someone I actually know right there on the front page. His name is Ryan Allen and he used to go to CMU. I still see him at Sloan shows. He's quite the hipster/scenester. He has a band called Thunderbirds Are Now! You can read about them here.

Senator Byrd Makes the Nazi Comparison

Democratic Senator Robert Byrd is apparently thinking the same thing as Ted Rall. And me. Read about it here.

How Bush ISN'T Like Hitler

Ted Rall puts this silly comparison to rest forever in his latest comic.

How Bush Could Make Gas 86 cents a Gallon

From political cartoonist Ted Rall comes a plan for cheap gas!

What Is the Real Message of Yellow Ribbons on Cars?

Oh man, you NEED to listen to this piece from NPR's All Things Considered:

Commentator Bob Sommer's son has just returned from a year in Iraq and knows intimately what it means to support our troops. But he finds yellow ribbon magnets on cars with the message "Support Our Troops" off-putting.

You can listen to it here.