Grading the President
As President Obama enters his final days in office, a proper assessment of his tenure requires a variety of measurable, non-political categories: golf, offspring, homebrewing, and more.
Meave Gallagher
Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!
This They Might Be Giants video features their take on a campaign song so adored that its popularity has significantly outlasted the presidencies it helped put in office.
Anyone Else but You
The ultimate love song for the socially awkward gets a much hotter reinterpretation by France’s first lady and French Elle’s Sexiest Man of 2007.
Kucinich for the Win
Barack Obama is great and all, but Dennis Kucinich is the one who represents in the House, consistently demanding answers from the Federal government.
SnagFilms
SnagFilms provides a wonderful service: it is “a web site where you can watch full-length documentary films for free.” The site hosts big famous docs, like Super Size Me, and lesser-knowns like Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars. Personally, I go for uglier histories like Girl 27 and the
Mexican Breakfast
Gwen Verdon’s Fosse routine is something else. Something else worth watching are its myriad remixes, of which RuPaul’s is something special.
Target: Women
Current.com’s Infomania is like The Daily Show’s younger, lighter, goofier sibling. “Target: Women” mocks the media’s obsession with women’s issues, and gets it right.
Video Digest: June 27, 2008
Gay, gay, gay! Pride, pride, pride! From Dykes on Bikes to boys in hot pants, videos of the international glories of gay revels.
Video Digest: June 13, 2008
The complete video guide to being a lunatic homemaker, as guided by a 1939 good wife test.
Video Digest: June 6, 2008
Everything you need to know about identity theft, including a Facebook tutorial and the story of Philadelphia’s Bonnie and Clyde.