Bush withdraws 1 of 19 pardons

http://mobile.latimes.com/detail.jsp?key=197217&rc=nation&full=1. This is amazing.
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Jerry's Doing a Good Thing

At the Capitol’s Doorstep, a Little Less Winter Joy - NYTimes.com:

"Distress over the closed rink has prompted the mayor of Albany to try to salvage some of the skating season. The mayor, Gerald Jennings, said he has told Mr. Paterson’s office that he can provide $25,000 in private money, making up the rest with corporate contributions, as well as deploying the city’s recreation workers and its equipment."

Via AoA

The View Up State Street

The Capitol is in the background.
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It's Like A Winter Woodstock

Well, they haven't quite shut down the Thruway...yet...

Poor Ben Silverman

Op-Ed Contributor - Extinction-Level Television Event - NYTimes.com:

"Now, because the expanding television universe is shrinking individual audiences, and because NBC has shown depraved indifference to the idea of program development for the last decade, the network has no better option for the hour than moving Jay Leno from late night to prime time."