Yeah, so here’s a quick message to white politicians everywhere: Racial epithets actually sound waaaaay worse when you say them out loud than they do when you say them silently in your head. Really...
Last night a reader forwarded me The Awl’s interview of Ken Hoinsky by Maria Bustillos. To be honest, I hadn’t intended to chime in on this story when I first came across it via...
(The middle section of this post is a thorough re-statement and critique of David Simon’s argument that their are few “legitimate” concerns that can be raised regarding the NSA’s collection of metadata and web...
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on the Best Video Games Ever. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, please click here. At the proper beginning...
We got the Voting Rights Act case today, but not same-sex marriage. Please join the discussion at NaPP!
I am fond of Julie Delpy. I have, of course, never met Julie Delpy. I have never been to France (more’s the pity) and life has sadly not afforded me opportunities to meet glamorous French actresses any more than American ones. For all I know, Julie Delpy may be utterly horrid in real life. But I doubt it. She has always seemed so sane and lovely in interviews. She radiates intelligence and a sense of humor about herself. If she’s […]
New documents show that the IRS’s targeting of 501(c)(4) applicants was more widespread than initially reported: “Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee released 15 lists of terms that the IRS agency used...
“Over the years, they had destroyed all of him, removing hands, arms, and legs and leaving him with substitutes as delicate and useless as chess pieces. And now they were tampering with something more...
I usually avoid commenting on the stupid things people say when crafting laws at the state level. It seems like a cheap way of making snarky comments when someone in a state legislature says something dumb and everyone across the country gets to cover their mouths and titter. But as God is my witness, I cannot help myself right now. From Texas (via TPM): One Texas GOP state representative is apparently confused about what “rape kits” are used for. While the […]
First of all, enough already with the breathless coverage of Edward Snowden’s location. Really. Enough. As much as everyone would like life to resemble a Robert Ludlum novel, it so rarely does. Unless there is something innately newsworthy in his absence from a plane, I don’t need to know which vaguely hostile nation is harboring him at any given time. So I know I am totally asking for it by saying this, but maybe we can all take a moment […]
Today is the last scheduled day for decisions and opinions scheduled by the Supreme Court. In the comments to this post, I’ll be glossing the Voting Rights Act, affirmative action, and same-sex marriage cases.*...
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on the Best Video Games Ever. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, please click here. I don’t expect that...
Evening to you, gamers. Tomorrow we’ll begin our promised series in which those of us with an itch to talk video games using lots of superlatives defend our pick for the title of best...
I really wanted Man of Steel to be fun movie. And at times, it was. It was worth the matinee price. [Continued at NaPP]
The recent conversation about Chris Brown reminds me of something I have been wanting to write a post on for a little while. Ever since I saw one of the closing episodes of last...
On Friday, Zazzy and I were at the mall dress shopping for an upcoming wedding. While she tried on a bevy of brightly colored gowns, I retreated to a corner to feed Mayo. There, they...
At the end of Build the New Instant Boats, Harold “Dynamite” Payson advises his reader/builders to respect the limitation of the craft they have built and stick to sheltered waters. “You can’t throw bull...
In Linky Friday #29, Will highlights a recent column in The Atlantic by Hugo Scwhyzer that asked, “What If Men Stopped Chasing Much-Younger Women?” His argument, that the Old Man/Young Woman relationship dynamic intrinsically harms...
(The scene: Kazzy is bouncing Mayonnaise on his knee, narrating the happenings as they sit on the bed together.) Mayonnaise: AAAAAH-CHOOOO!!! Kazzy: What a big sneeze! And do you know why we sneeze? Well,...
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on Open Mic for the week of 12/16/2024His harm continues! on From Semafor: Kamala Harris’ digital chief on Democrats ‘losing hold of culture’I kinda believe that Harris is an empty vessel. That's why in 2019, she was "woke" and why in 2024 s…
on From Semafor: Kamala Harris’ digital chief on Democrats ‘losing hold of culture’Do you think the answer she actually gave was true or not? Or do you think the truth isn't relevant?
on Open Mic for the week of 12/16/2024The article is paywalled but if the survey tracks all the others of its type both the GOP and the De… on Open Mic for the week of 12/16/2024Eh, hard to say. Canada isn't a two party state like the US but the left and right tend to rise and… on Open Mic for the week of 12/16/2024It's Mark Penn, he hasn't been anything but harmful for, what, twenty five years? Longer? on Open Mic for the week of 12/16/2024Mark Penn is *NOT* helping: America forgot What’s it is like to have a presidential press conference… on From Semafor: Kamala Harris’ digital chief on Democrats ‘losing hold of culture’No, I actually believe that her saying something bland and anodyne on The View would have been bette… on From Semafor: Kamala Harris’ digital chief on Democrats ‘losing hold of culture’Yes, I get that. I got it the first time. So (2).
on Open Mic for the week of 12/16/2024I get to say that she wasn't up to being elected because she did so poorly in running. And burden of…
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