For ‘Wire’ Obsessives
Here’s the trailer for David Simon’s new show and here’s the trailer (and press release!) for “The Avon Barksdale Story.”
Daily Archive: January 12, 2010
Genius Internet Find of the Day
Goes to The “Unauthorized” Documentary of Matthew Gray Gubler. Gubler is best known as Dr. Reid, the nerdy super-genius profiler on Criminal Minds. Who knew he had such brilliant comic timing? These series of...
“Politics as Lived” versus “Politics as Is”
(cross-posted from my blog) Writing in praise of Halperin and Heilemann’s Game Change, Marc Ambinder predicts that political scientists won’t find much to love in the book’s depiction of politics: Political scientists aren’t going to like this book, because it...
Foodie Culture and Domino’s Self-Flagellating Ad Campaign
Slate dissects Domino’s latest television ad, which rolls out the company’s “new and improved” pizza after airing some especially brutal customer criticism.
Social Conservatism’s Millenial Makeover
Mother Jones captures the uneasy relationship between youth outreach and movement conservatism:
RINOs Through the Ages
An interesting article on 19th century conservative reformism from David Frum.
From Tea to Shining Tea: An Interview with Stephen Gordon
It is impossible to understand politics in the United States over the last 12 months without some in-depth discussion of the impact of the Tea Party movement. Over the course of the last several...
