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May 20, 2004

Perfect Game: A Political Distraction

The personalities and topics that dominate the blogging world seemed to get heavier and more disturbing throughout the week, from court martials and more soldiers killed to journalistic exposes and Washington wranglings. But then along comes pitcher Randy "The Unit" Johnson, who threw a perfect game for the Diamondbacks and re-instilled hope in every middle-ager starting to question his or her stamina. Johnson's 40 and became only the 15th pitcher in history to pitch a perfect game.

On the entertainment front, the death of actor Tony Randall also touched a lot of folks, not only because of his legendary performances as Felix Unger but also because of his dedication to theater and performance in general. Others in the arts world were equally saddened by the death of jazz drummer Elvin Jones. His name appeared at the top of the BlogPulse's burstiest people list for 5/19. Still, it's hard to ignore the continued news that emanates from the Iraq prison scandal, including this Sacramento Bee interview with a recently returned Marine and Village Voice writer Rick Perlstein's piece, "The Jesus Landing Pad," which examines the influence of Christian fundamentalists on the Bush White House and its policies...

Posted by Sue MacDonald at 02:37 PM