By • Aug 06,2009

That wi-fi isn’t free, you know

Apparently, NYC coffee shops are cutting down on people camping out with a laptop and hogging table space that could be used by paying customers. One such “customer” complains today...

By • Aug 04,2009

Good capitalism vs. bad capitalism

I consider myself a fine, upstanding capitalist. Profit is good! But I also think that the key reason capitalism is better than socialism is that the people making a profit...

By • Aug 03,2009

Neocons running the NY Times?

Recently, the Weekly Standard mocked the NY Times for confessing to no fewer than seven factual errors in its remembrance of Walter Cronkite. Then yesterday, the Times’ Public Editor, Clark...

By • Aug 03,2009

The Department of Double Standards

Crude, ridiculous and off-point caricature of George W. Bush as Heath Ledger’s version of the Joker: High art! Crude, ridiculous and off-point caricature of Obama as Heath Ledger’s version of...

By • Aug 02,2009

Obama, Burma and Indonesia

Via the always thoughtful Dan Twining: Last Friday, Indonesia’s electoral commission certified the winner of the country’s recent presidential election, a free and fair contest that demonstrated the strength of...