THE SHINER SPENCER REPORT
Palin's Leviticus
Monday, September 15, 2008
Louis Shiner, filing from Richton, MS The recent hubbub surrounding the Sarah Palin announcement-cum-admission has sent shockwaves throughout media outlets, but what are the American people really saying about it?... more
Louis Shiner, filing from McMinnvill
Monday, September 15, 2008
As the Republican National Party comes to a creaking halt, whispers across the nation reluctantly agree on one thing: the time for President John McCain was eight years ago.... more
T Minus Six Days Or So...
Filing from the Cleveland Clinic, Too Much Change WardLS: Dick, wake up. We need to write this Shiner Spencer Report. The election is less than a week away.RS: Mmrf? What happened? Where's my waitress?LS: No waitresses, Dick. We're in the... more
2nd In Command, 1st To Draw Blood
The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided. - United States Constitution, Clause 4 Filing from Red Bank, NJ. LS: The debate everyone wanted to see happened Thursday... more
The Light At The End Of The Funnel
Filing from the Express Start Breakfast Bar of the Holiday Inn Express in Medina, Ohio RS: The political scene in this country has become ultraweird, Louis. Have you noticed? LS: Are you talking about the mad dog ravings of the Republican hopeful or the... more
Off The Lipsticked Pigs!
September 18, 2008 Louis Shiner: (filing from, uh, one of those smallish airports in North Carolina. Rats! Which one. Help me out here, Dick.) Richard Spencer: You were in Greensboro/High Point, en route to D.C., which is sort of where you live. And... more
The Impossible Is Really A Snap
9-11 Pretty goddamned often, all you got to do is listen to the buzz at Waffle House. You also get a dose of soothing grease that'll banish any hangover unless you've been drinking boilermakers made of pinot grigo and Old Mr. Boston's gin.... more
LOUIS BEAUMONT SHINER is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He serves as the George S. Kenan professor of Political Science at Howard University, and is a frequent contributor to PBS. He writes the "Wait Just A Damned Minute" weekly feature on National Public Radio.DICK SPENCER is an old-school newsman and memoirist who has been awarded nearly every prestigious honor within journalism, beginning with the Sidney Hillman Prize at the age of 23, in 1977.
