Church Street Editorial

October 29, 2009

House Health Care Bill Released – updated x1

Updated 5:41 p.m. Here is CBO’s analysis of the House bill.

Read the summary of the Affordable Health Care for America Act, H.R. 3962, unveiled today by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

Grim Reminder

The president goes to Dover Air Force base to honor the return of 18 soldiers killed in Afghanistan. The final fallen soldier going past Obama was filmed with the family’s permission, according to The Associated Press.

Boo-ographies

From the Biography Channel, read about some spooky characters from history, including Edgar Allan Poe, master spinner of creepy tales. This year is the 200th anniversary of his birth and Baltimore (D.C.’s happening neighbor to the north) is pulling out all the stops to honor its most famous resident with Nevermore 2009. Events are scheduled through the end of the year.

(Nevermore is from “The Raven,” and that is where my knowledge of the term’s literary significance ends.)

October 28, 2009

Boo! Historical Halloween

The History Channel delves into Halloween’s Ancient Origins, which apparently go back 2,000 years. Information abounds, including this short fun video about the “festival of the dying year.”

I’ll try to post some more Halloween content as the haunting hour approaches … 

October 27, 2009

A TV Could Be in Order

We might need to purchase a TV for this one: Ricky Gervais is hosting the 2010 Golden Globes, Variety reports (as does Ricky, of course).

If anyone can breath life into what would otherwise be another boring and narcissistic awards show, it’s the talented Gervais, creator of the “The Office” and “Extras,” now starring in “The Invention of Lying,” a great flick that he co-wrote and co-directed with Matthew Robinson.

Gervais is an adept live performer as well, having headlined several hysterically funny stand-up shows in England, here in the U.S., and in other countries (“Animals,” “Politics,” and “Fame,” among them).

Here’s a clip from the 2008 Emmy Awards, when Ricky tortures the other “Office” guy, Steve Carell, and hilarity ensues: