Day: December 24, 2009

It’s far from perfect, but something is better than nothing.

Merry Christmas! It’s Christmas eve, and so today’s edition of Thursday Music features some of my favorite holidays songs. First up is “White Christmas,” as sung by Tony Bennett: Next “The King,” Elvis Presley, sings “Blue Christmas”: And finally, here’s “Jingle Bell Rock” by Billy Idol: I hope you all…

Politics certainly does make for strange bedfellows, and certainly none are more strange than conservative anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist and liberal blogger Jane Hamsher, who have joined forces to call for the resignation of White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel. At issue is Emanuel’s service on the board of…