By • Jan 20,2009

Obama reshuffles Middle East posts?

Jill Biden’s hilarious gaffe on Oprah, that her husband Joe was initially offered his choice of the Secretary of State spot or the vice presidency in an Obama administration, brings...

By • Jan 20,2009

Inauguration Day Minus One

In several hours, I head downtown toward the general vicinity of the Inauguration. I don’t have a ticket, but I figure with the size of the crowd expected, I’ll still...

By • Jan 20,2009

My inaugural post

Hello. What Conventional Folly really needed was a third blogger named David, so here I am. Now let me tell you a bit a where I was before. From April...

By • Jan 19,2009

Banning Smoking in Oregon

The first time I saw Don Younger he was holding a beer. Owner of the legendary Horse Brass Pub in Portland, Oregon, Younger stared intently out of a two-page photo...

By • Jan 19,2009

I have a theory

That every time Nicholas Kristof fires off another column, thousands of New York Times-reading sex tourists book airline tickets to southeast Asia.