By • Jan 30,2010

Dresden

There was a surprisingly good piece on the architecture of Dresden in the New Yorker this week by George Packer. (Subscription only.) It closed with this thought: The challenge of...

By • Jan 29,2010

The "Franchise Tag" in the NFL

Allow me to get a little sports bloggy for a minute, would you? Thanks. One of the enduring mysteries of the NFL to me is how harshly players react to...

By • Jan 29,2010

They found the WMD!

No, there isn’t any WMD in Iraq. But the Army Corps of Engineers believes it has found evidence of a long sought chemical weapons cache buried in my neighborhood during...

By • Jan 29,2010

The Final Season of Lost

Slate‘s doing what they do best: A roundtable!* This time on Lost! It’s all very exciting. I have to say that I’m looking forward to the series finale, but think...

By • Jan 29,2010

David Bowie in the movies

Reading an essay about how terrible the average musician is on film in Joe Queenan’s If You’re Talking to Me, Your Career Must Be in Trouble, I came across his...

By • Jan 29,2010

The empathy of Barack Obama

What I wanted to know was whether Barack Obama really understands me. Sure, we’ve had our differences. He’s a Democrat and I’m a Republican. Admittedly, I’ve criticized the President on...