By • Oct 24,2008

It's a gift, really

I have no idea what effect Billy Joel’s endorsement will have on the Obama campaign, but, speaking personally, I can only agree with Joe Queenan’s assessment that BIlly Joel has...

By • Oct 24,2008

Well, at least it wasn't the Killing Fields

Passing through campus today, I noticed a copy of Chicago Weekly, an independent University of Chicago newspaper, with a cover story on community-supported agriculture, tastefully titled “The Great Leap Forward.”...

By • Oct 23,2008

Ouch

Not exactly the Midas touch. It sure is, um, different… (Hat tip: Brendan Conway.)

By • Oct 23,2008

The one you've been waiting for

Billy Joel has endorsed Barack Obama or, as New York Magazine puts it, self-popped his cherry for Obama. To all of you who’ve been on the fence about this one,...

By • Oct 23,2008

Use some common sense, dummy

I sympathize with Mike Riggs’s basic point over at Reason, in his post on the firing of a teacher who was using his MySpace account to communicate with students during...