Monthly Archive: July 2009

the imagined genesis of an article *ring*ring*ring* “Hello, this is Troy Patterson.” “TP! David Plotz here!” “David! What’s up.” “Ah, not much. Little down lately. I think I’ve finally wrung every last ounce I...

With Al Franken’s victory finally official, the Democrats will soon have a filibuster proof majority of 60 in the Senate, assuming Sens. Kennedy and Byrd are able to return to the floor or are...

I comment on my retraction of an earlier post, here.

Megan McArdle critiques Jack Shaffer’s piece at Slate and makes some good points:

Ever write something in haste and quickly regret it? Yeah. Mistakes were made, the least of which misidentifying Seth Grodin and misspelling Chris Andersen. Good thing I don’t do this for a living.

Okay, so below the fold is a screenshot of a post just now up at Clusterstock.  Can somebody explain the correlation between the article and the picture – other than the sentiment “I wish...

Mullets, socialism, and groovy 60sness from the greatest rock band in Canadian history (all stereotypes must be fulfilled). Happy Canada Day from the League’s Canadian-transplant American, on behalf of the still settling in to...

There are many tics of contemporary debate that bother me, but none more so than the enforcement of optimism. To participate in our webby conversation is to be buffeted, over and over again, with...

Tim Burton is behind the wheel with (Surprise!) Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp as two of the leads…

Does anybody else ever have weeks or months where the world seems to push back really hard against your conception of it? Where it seems to shake off all your attempts to impose order...