Annie Lamott
- : Annie Lamott is a columnist for Salon.com, the author of six novels, and four books of non-fiction. Her most recent work is Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith.
The Golf Coast
I made a promise to myself to stay silent this week until I had something to say that might be useful, and that hadn't already been said. This country did not need nattering nabobs of negativity like me to point...more »
Posted on September 3, 2005 10:13 AM
Reality Check
I want to say a quick word pre-emptively to any writers who start accusing liberals like me of being glad that the Iraqi leaders were not able to draft a new constitution. "Relieved" might be a better word: "relieved" I...more »
Posted on August 16, 2005 9:18 AM
My Theory: Act III Continues to Unfold
I was watching with my mouth agape when Novak had his little episode yesterday. I have never seen anyone act the way he did, except for people who were drunk, or trying to break up with someone--lying in wait for...more »
Posted on August 5, 2005 6:53 PM
Post Bolton Baggage
Bush's recess appointment of John Bolton seems to me the very best news for progressives in a long time. So Bush rammed him into place: quel surpris, as we say so wittily in France. It's a victory for the Democrats, who prevented...more »
Posted on August 2, 2005 5:39 PM
Poor Mr. McClellan
Remember when you were a kid, and one of your best friends would say, "You HAVE to pick: if murderers were either going to kill your mother or your father, who would you pick?" And you'd feel terrible, because you...more »
Posted on July 25, 2005 6:59 AM
Still In My Little Tinfoil Cap
It’s a fairly common saying among sober alcoholics that the reason they finally quit drinking was that, by the end, they were getting sicker faster than they could lower their standards.And that’s what happened for RNC Chair Ken Mehlman. I...more »
Posted on July 18, 2005 5:48 AM
This Just In...
There I was, sitting on the couch in my little tinfoil cap, trying to figure out if the Karl Rove scandal is a decoy, to keep the public's attention off of all the administration's more flagrant crimes, the ones that...more »
Posted on July 12, 2005 3:20 PM
Too Good To Be True?
These are times that try a paranoiac's soul.It is almost impossible for me to believe that Karl Rove set himself up, as it seems he has done, in outing Valerie Plame.Of course, by the same token, it is hard to...more »
Posted on July 11, 2005 8:54 PM
Hope on the Fourth of July
I just logged onto the New York Times at an internet cafe in Venice, and the first thing I saw was a photo of Bush giving an Independence Day speech in front of a table draped with a huge poofy stars...more »
Posted on July 5, 2005 6:41 AM
HITTING BOTTOM
The White House and the war machine are collapsing, and their only hope would be to hit a bottom, like alcoholics and addicts have to do before they have a prayer of finding a solution. Until then, drunks keep lowering...more »
Posted on June 25, 2005 6:20 AM
