The first time I heard Elliot Smith was watching the Oscars – or rather, when I watched...
Erik Kain
Erik writes about video games at Forbes and politics at Mother Jones. He's the contributor of The League though he hasn't written much here lately. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter.
“We must create an apocalyptic sense of urgency about Education in this country and then take drastic...
…writes about Leonard Cohen, and you should read it. It made me want to turn on some...
Good read about “sustainable beer” at American Progress. Fat Tire is one of my favorite beers, and...
“So we’re supposed to react to a situation in which our schools are failing and the teachers’...
Conor’s latest posts (here and here) sparked off a pretty decent debate in the comments over at...
“Republicans have become embarrassing to watch. And it doesn’t feel right to make fun of crazy people....
In my current place – where I sit and type this right this very moment – it...
“Rather than deep moral and spiritual renewal leading to civic health, what if it’s our national solipsism...
David has some interesting musings up on the Dutch bicycle, the sublime, and the pros and cons...
…Quiet Coup, over at the Atlantic, is excellent. I read the print version because I can’t read...
Resting at the heart of State of Play (2009) is not so much the personal relationships of...
…but I do own a computer, and these days you can do almost anything on a computer,...
One thing that’s always funny to me about judicial nominees and the whole messy, partisan process of...
Via Cascadian in the comments:
Then again, simply because the United States ceased to be a ‘real’ republic does not mean that...
“I would not take this thing, if it lay by the highway. Not were Minas Tirith falling...
Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. ....
Briefly, I think it’s fair that a lot of different opinions are being floated by various anti-torture...
