• This may explain why the Fail Whale keeps appearing this week.
• Al Franken schools Right-Wing Health Care Analyst.
• About time: Treasury to order bailed-out banks to cut executive pay in half.

• Never ending war.
• Inhofe on Franken: pot calling the kettle black.
• Just what America needs - less educated students.

• Ladies and gentlemen, Senator Al Franken
• FDA panel urges ban on Vicodin, Percocet; and limits on acetaminophen
• Nurse says Michael Jackson begged for powerful sedative for insomnia

National gas average hits $4 gallon. Ouch. Screaming attacker stabs 17 victims in Japan. He's good enough, he's smart enough... Arson suspected in fire at governor's mansion. Austinite Rick Cofer elected to Democratic National Committee. Amazon goes down for two hours. Hehe. Pregnant dude four weeks from giving new meaning to term "birth father." more ›

Like everyone in the world but the U.S. has recognized for a while, global warming causes the new Katrina-caliber hurricanes. Today, disconsolate producers at Dateline find that their war on predators has missed the Taliban of pedophiles. Not saving any money? Don't worry, nobody else is either. Al Franken is maybe/probably running for Senate in Minnesota. Not to be gross, but: Harry Potter. Naked.... more ›

We love Air America, oh yes, we do. The very concept makes our inner liberal quiver with glee. Seriously, who isn’t secretly in love with Janeane Garofalo? We’re lucky to live in one of the American cities where one can listen freely to Air America (1600 AM), but it hasn’t been such an easy road for the nationwide radio network. Gosh, it’s hard to imagine why. more ›

In case you missed Al Franken’s speech at SXSW, Austinist would like to remind you that Air America is now on the air in Austin. You can find it at 1600 on your AM dial. Austinist can vouch that it’s pretty clear in most of South Austin, at least. Among other things, you can listen to Janeane Garofalo on The Majority Report. We caught a bit of it this weekend in which Janeane posed the... more ›

Al Franken, speaking at SXSW, just announced that Air America has gone live on KOKE 1600 AM here in Austin. He also talked about the very good chance that he'd be running for a senate seat in Minnesota in 2008. The word is unofficial, obviously, but Mr. Franken said that his wife may have just bought a condo in Minnesota so that they can establish residency. more ›