By • Nov 25,2009

Roman Polanski gets bail

Would any bookie worth his salt take bets on whether or not he’s going to flee Switzerland? What sort of odds would he have to get? 1:5? 1:10? I mean,...

By • Nov 25,2009

RIP Abe Pollin

Ted Leonsis  breaks down why Abe Pollin (the recently deceased owner of the Washington Wizards) was so important to the city of Washington: “He was the catalyst … that revitalized the...

By • Nov 24,2009

Black Friday tips

Farhad Manjoo has a solid list of “don’ts” over at Slate. Don’t pick up a ridiculously expensive HDMI cables from Monster, for example (which I’ve written about before). But I...

By • Nov 23,2009

Friedman Argument

I meant to get to this last week when it came up over cocktails at The Passenger,* but I have a mild proposal: I suggest changing the fallacy we now...

By • Nov 20,2009

A Golden Age of TV

It’s like Peggy Noonan was reading the League! I feel gratitude to the largely unheralded network executives and producers who gave it to us. The first golden age can be...

By • Nov 20,2009

Brett Favre: History’s Greatest Monster

The Iraqis are using Brett Favre to taunt American soldiers. Goddddddammit. According to a military official, detainees at a Wisconsin National Guard camp in Iraq are using Brett Favre as...