By • Jun 10,2008

Obamaweek part III

I’m kind of tired of writing about how much Newsweek loves Obama. So I’ll just link to Mark Hemingway’s takedown of their most recent puff piece: Well, if the Obama...

By • Jun 10,2008

Journos and Blogging

JVL points us to a (completely unscientific, as far as I can tell) survey of how newspapers would react to their people having a personal blog. Apparently, 44% of newspaper...

By • Jun 09,2008

Bigger, Stronger, Faster

I saw the new documentary about steroid use in America, Bigger, Stronger, Faster this weekend. I must admit to being somewhat flummoxed by the film; on the one hand, I...

By • Jun 09,2008

Does art want to be free?

Interesting piece in DC’s City Paper this week about a museum of modern art in Maryland that’s not open to the public. I say interesting because I’m not at all...

By • Jun 09,2008

Pantheism and Suffering

Ross, talking about those crazy Singularitarians, channels a little Tocqueville: the mere fact that the Singularity is inherently “escapist,” and bears a not-inconsiderable resemblance to Christianity, isn’t a problem with...