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Frank Pembleton, Raymond Holt, and The Necktie

Zane Hill January 16, 2020

The two roles, arguably Braugher’s most acclaimed, may just bookend an acting career that began in 1989,...

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Circling the Drain in the NSA Surveillance Debate

Ethan Gach June 25, 2013

(The middle section of this post is a thorough re-statement and critique of David Simon’s argument that...

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David Simon Misses the Point

Ethan Gach June 10, 2013

The acclaimed creator of HBO’s The Wire, David Simon, is using his experience as a reporter and...

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Wire Fraud

Will January 20, 2011

The Wire’s David Simon forcefully responds to criticism of his show from Baltimore’s police commissioner. Read the...

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Wired

Will July 21, 2009

David Simon implores the New York Times and Washington Post to work together to save traditional journalism:...

Moderateguy on Wednesday Music: Bob Mould Does It AgainFU:EL, to me, had better songs (if not a better overall sound) than Copper Blü. "Your Favorite Thing…
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Yeah. I'm kinda surprised they let Israel even participate.
Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025A ship has just hit the Brooklyn Bridge. Please drink responsibly.
LeeEsq in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025You are dealing with a social species. That makes nearly everything political.
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025I, personally, wish that we had arenas where we could say stuff like "leave the politics at the door…
LeeEsq in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Eurovision hosts seemed to have a freak out when it looked like Israel was going to win. If you are…
Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025In video game news, Ubisoft Ubisoft stock price fell after it announced that it would be using its c…
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Here's a fun exercise: Look at what actually happened in the last year and a half and, take as a sta…
Dark Matter in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Where the theory doesn't work you should change the theory, not insist that facts don't matter.
LeeEsq in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Yeah, it should but that doesn't mean it will. Everybody with half a brain cell realizes that the Pa…