A new poll looks at the support for Stephen Colbert’s faux presidential campaign among Democrats and Republicans:
Public Opinion Strategies, a Republican polling firm, recently completed a national poll of 1,000 likely 2008 voters that included Colbert’s name in both the GOP and Democratic primaries. (He has announced his plans to run in both the Democratic […]

What You Missed If You Didn’t Read Today’s NYTimes

No need to worry about poor and elderly minorities being disenfranchised by new Voter ID laws. They’re disenfranchised by death before it becomes a problem, according to the Bush administration’s civil rights czar.
The Marines get fashion conscious.
The Maine Middle School Contraceptive Controversy: “It brings home the fact […]

I don’t believe I’ve ever listened to the band The Thermals before, but I’m definitely going to have to now.
As one story notes, “The Body, The Blood, The Machine,” the band’s third full-length, was produced by Fugazi’s Brendan Canty, released by Sub Pop and tells the fictitious tale of a young couple attempting to flee […]

So much for hating us for our freedom. As much as we hear about Middle Easterners hating Americans, they obviously don’t have a problem with our television, music and fashion:
MTV Arabia, a new 24-hour free satellite channel, will begin broadcasting in Arabic across the Middle East on Nov. 16. The Viacom-owned network’s flagship show, Hip […]

What you missed if you didn’t read today’s The New York Times:

In a story detailing problems with the Bush administration push for Medicare enrollees to utilize private plans for the new drug benefit comes this nugget:

In March, Sierra Health Services ended drug coverage for more than 2,300 Medicare beneficiaries with H.I.V./AIDS, saying they had not […]

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Is it taking the Ten Commandments too far to deny a ventriloquist’s dummy (or, to be politically correct, “hard figure” — no pun intended) a tryst with Winona Ryder? To a couple of our fellow Texans who make hard figures, the answer is a resounding yes.
That the part of the dummy in “The Ten,” which […]

Going against the grain, Penelope Trunk has devised a short quiz to determine whether you’re a Baby Boomer, Generation Jones, Generation X or Generation Y based on your use of media rather than birth date.
I’m Generation Y.
[Hotel Tango: so this is mass communication]

Patton.

Be sure to watch Larry King Live tonight to be scared out of your wits. Or don’t. I won’t.