By • Aug 12,2008

VFest, Day Two

OK, here’s my coverage of day two. Check out the photo of Trent Reznor. He looks shockingly like Matthew Fox (the doctor from ‘Lost’) with his shaved head. I kept...

By • Aug 12,2008

The Bunch Report

Sonny has joined Yglesias and I in the cool kids’ version of missing Lisa Kudrow — Shirley Manson nostalgia. In other Sonny-related news, Trent Reznor looks like a combination of...

By • Aug 12,2008

Reality TV in DC

I assume James will be prominently featured in this new reality TV offering–he’s a cad about town, that one–but I’m kind of torn. I mean, a reality show based on...

By • Aug 12,2008

Virgin Mobile Festival, 2008

Full coverage of the Virgin Mobile Festival from your humble correspondent, now available for your consumption from The Washington Times‘s website. Here’s day one’s coverage. I, um, can’t find day...

By • Aug 12,2008

The Wonks of Sam’s Club

(This article originally appeared in the Summer 2008 issue of Doublethink.) Conservatives in 2008 are stuck in a monumental funk. Worries about conservatism’s lack of fresh ideas are nothing new,...

By • Aug 11,2008

Torture or not torture?

It’s a fun guessing game, figuring out exactly what constitutes torture these days. I’m actually relatively sympathetic to John Schwenkler’s point that you don’t need to make prisoners uncomfortable when...