A contrarian toward people on the far left and far right, Kevin Featherly is an interesting commentator on politics and technology--and on the glory--and former futlity--of being a Red Sox fan. His centrist positions set him up as a target from both sides. Set your sights on Kevin and be ready to be challenged by his ideas. http://www.featherly.com Don't get too excited, liberal friends. This isn't a prediction. It's just plain math. Factoring in the current statewide election polls from around the country, Democratic candidate Barack Obama, for the moment at least, appears to be sitting pretty. You can argue the point. But, hey, I do show my math. http://www.featherly.com/kevblog08/kevblogarchive_0625.htm For the first time in print, in memory of the late great Bo Diddley, here is my review of Bo's forgotten 1989 opus, 'Breaking Through the B.S.,' peppered with a few quotes from the great man himself. The article was commissioned but rejected by the now defunct San Diego Tribune newspaper at the time of the album's release. Heck, it ain't that bad. Enjoy. http://www.featherly.com/kevblog08/kevblogarchive_0609.htm It might have been too much to ask one man, even Robert F. Kennedy, to overcome the fears of the emerging silent majority of traumatized middle-aged, Midwestern and Southern white voters who would propel Richard Nixon to the White House . It might have been too much to expect Kennedy even to have received the nomination of his own party for president in that turbulent year. http://www.featherly.com/kevblog08/kevblogarchive_0606.htm What White House press secretary Tony Snow had to say yesterday by drawing comparisons between Iraq and our own Civil War was possibly the dumbest thing he has said yet--even as it was stated with enough confident bluster to convince a good number of wishful thinking people. http://www.featherly.com/kevblog07/kevblogarchive_0216.htm This is a bit of a departure. The link below will carry you to a very important column by James Fallows, republished on the Kevblog with permission from the author. Fallows, perhaps America's greatest working journalist, currently is working in China and here gives savvy advice to Congress on how it can draw the line with the White House over the issue of war. As Fallows puts it, conflict with Iran would be a catastrophe that would make us look back fondly on the minor inconvenience of being bogged down in Iraq.' And in his view, Congress has the ability—and the responsibility to stop that from happening. http://www.featherly.com/kevblog07/kevblogarchive_0202.htm To be honest, I think I'm a bit too cheesed off to write a proper teaser about this one. If you want to read a bit of flaming media criticism about Turner Broadcasting's cute little prank in Boston today, wherein it both perpetrated and covered an obvious hoax as though it was filming a real-life episode of '24,' then please click the link below. http://www.featherly.com/kevblog07/kevblogarchive_0131.htm I couldn't resist putting together an honorable mentions list, containing albums that were considered for the 101, but that lost their places to other albums. In several cases, I got as far as starting reviews before thinking better of it and replacing them with some other albums that seemed slightly more deserving. Tough choices, all. http://www.featherly.com/kevblog07/kevblogarchive_0105.htm Finally. No excuses, no explanations. The thing is done. Thanks to those of you who kept pressing me to finish this project. Here you have it. Sorry I didn't get it out in time for Christmas, when it might have been useful. Still, there's always 2007. At any rate, here you are—the greatest albums in history as adjudged by yours truly. If you don't agree with my selections (Too slanted toward the '60s and '70s? Not enough grunge? No world beat? No true punk? Where's the disco, dude? Jazz-—seriously?) feel free to send me your own list, and we'll run those, too. http://www.featherly.com/kevblog07/kevblogarchive_0102.htm A contrarian toward people on the far left and far right, Kevin Featherly is an interesting commentator on politics and technology--and on the futlity of being a Red Sox fan. His centrist positions set him up as a target from both sides. Set your sights on Kevin and be ready to be challanged by his ideas. http://www.featherly.com