Author: David Polansky

By Feb 09,2009

Your daily dose of poverty porn

The International Herald Tribune provides one of the best examples I’ve seen yet of the burgeoning genre of poverty porn, with this glimpse of life in Katmandu: For all of...

By Feb 06,2009

Blue Steele

(That title actually doesn’t make any sense, except that I just rewatched Zoolander.) A number of commentators have expressed dismay over Michael Steele’s media performances since becoming RNC chairman. I...

By Feb 06,2009

All Reagan, all the time

Mr. Adesnik (I refer to him thus, so as to distinguish between him and myself and David Donadio; also I think Adesnik is older than I am) has a fine...