A Tribute to Beers Long Past (or is that passed?)

A departure from my usual opaque comments on media & general web goofiness: I ran across a blog touting the tastiness of various stouts and ales, and it touched off a memory of some of the great beers that I once downed, that are sadly, no longer with us (*hat...

Firedoglake In the Lead in Scooter Trial Idiotarod

…I was trying to play with the “dog” and “race” meme, and that lame-ass head was the best I could do on short notice. Anyway, the interesting thing is that the coverage of the Scooter Libby/leaking of Valeria Plame’s identity trial...

The Anna Nicole I Knew

I first ran into Anna Nicole back in ’92 or so, when she OD’d at the Peninsula Hotel.  I was assigned to do the story, and I rushed over to interview what turned out to be some of the most valuable sources I’ve ever had.  I got great quotes...