Commentary - America's Future

By David Donadio • Dec 11,2008

When it comes to torture, this band is happy to help

Ha. Josh Keating over at Passport appreciates the many ironies of our ongoing rock music torturepalooza. I wonder if Keating is reading us, or if he just shares our warped sense...

By Damir Marusic • Dec 11,2008

Why DC is no panacea

Several weeks back I posted a quick little bit of mental flotsam which concluded in expressing my preference for Washington DC over New York City. A few days ago, Peter...

By David Donadio • Dec 11,2008

Wakeboarding in Venice

So jealous. Check out this guy in the flooded Piazzo San Marco last week: (Hat tip: Jeff)

By Daniel Kennelly • Dec 10,2008

Those characters actually mean something, you know…

I’m sure that this will go up on whatever website is the Chinese-language equivalent of Engrish.com: The Max Planck Institute is one of the world’s leading science and technology research...

By David Donadio • Dec 10,2008

The Drug War has killed more Mexicans in a year…

than the Iraq war has killed American soldiers. Good thing it’s making drugs unavailable in the United States! (Cringe) How sad. Walking through the parks in the prime business neighborhoods of downtown...

By David Donadio • Dec 10,2008

Not-so great public works projects

Amity Shlaes uses Japan in the ’90s as an example of what not to do when enacting economic stimulus plans. A cautionary tale for Obama’s administration-in-waiting.