Jan 19,2009
The great Noah Baumbach
He’s one of my favorite filmmakers working today, but this New Yorker piece had me pissing myself.
Jan 19,2009
Banning Smoking in Oregon
The first time I saw Don Younger he was holding a beer. Owner of the legendary Horse Brass Pub in Portland, Oregon, Younger stared intently out of a two-page photo...
Jan 19,2009
I have a theory
That every time Nicholas Kristof fires off another column, thousands of New York Times-reading sex tourists book airline tickets to southeast Asia.
Jan 19,2009
Malcolm Gladwell: outlier
I doubt that Isaac Chotiner and Steve Sailer have much in common politically, but on one thing they can definitely agree: Malcolm Gladwell is an idiot. Here’s Chotiner: it is...
Jan 19,2009
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
Ordinarily, the good people at China Daily are perfectly capable of coming up with their own ridiculous articles, but it seems for once they haven’t had to: Beyoncé’s song ‘Single...
Jan 19,2009
If the New Republic is required reading in the new White House
Then Obama’s first administration is unlikely to accomplish much, since it would take about four years just to get through this post. The first paragraph alone made me feel like...