By • Oct 09,2008

Stupid Ideas

I’ve read a lot of really, really stupid things on the Internet over the years, but this takes the cake: Fundamentally, with only so many families in the country, there’s...

By • Oct 09,2008

The Caucasian Persuasion

In their efforts to comprehend conflict in any part of the world that they are but very imperfectly aware of, Americans tend to seek refuge in pronouncements of the analogical...

By • Oct 08,2008

La Strada

My old pal Brady Miller’s new band is tearing it up in the New York club scene. Check out the instrumentation on the lead track on the page, “Starling.” Great...

By • Oct 08,2008

Not cool

Apparently Brett Favre shot an animal and stuffed it into a teammate’s locker as a practical joke. Definitely funny, but, uh…seriously? And it stayed there for at least a week.

By • Oct 08,2008

On Conservatism and Capitalism

In response to a cracking good post by James Poulos over at Culture11, Matt Frost inadvertently hits upon something I’ve been working over in my head ever since Grand New...