Real and Unreal
. . . Within a few months, though, the secret police there learned that we had entered Iran illegally, so we fled to the northeast where Ali picked pomegranates and I worked on a saffron farm.

Currently Playing Abductions & Reconstructions By Thievery Corporation see related

In the 2000 debates, Bush "won" by proving he knew the names of foreign leaders. Kerry "won" this year by proving he could utter a sentence without a semicolon.

We still saw the old George W. Bush, who said "nuke-u-ler" for "nuclear" and "moolah" for "mullah." Kerry still used locutions like "and nor would I." Which kind of diction you prefer in the guy with his finger on the button is as good a dividing line as any for blue and red America.

Currently Reading The Club Dumas: A Novel By Arturo Perez-Reverte, Sonia Soto see related

I was reading in the hot tub when a little girl of about nine or ten plopped down and started chattering away. eventually, she turned her head sideways to read the cover of my book, and with a quizzical look asked: "Club Dumb-ass??"