Feb 12,2009
Down and Out in Washington, DC
At a Washington, D.C. happy hour thrown by the libertarian magazine, Reason, in early December, one 20-something researcher was discussing her employment situation with a young Cato Institute staffer. She...
Feb 12,2009
Joaquin Phoenix tests David Letterman’s patience
Whether accidentally or deliberately, Joaquin Phoenix regales David Letterman with some painfully Andy Kaufmanesque comic genius: See also: Crispin Glover on Letterman, circa 1987.
Feb 12,2009
Happy 200th birthday, Abraham Lincoln
No matter how many times you read it, the Gettysburg Address still knocks you flat. What a beautiful piece of writing it is. Lincoln accomplished in 270 words what no...
Feb 12,2009
Behind the headlines at the NSC
The lead story in Sunday’s WaPo was Obama’s NSC To Get New Power. Will Inboden — a former NSC official and new blogger at Shadow Government — explains why there...