Welcome

As did my counterpart Mr. Poulos, I feel the need to offer the briefest of introductions. Especially since you have no idea who I, your humble narrator, am.

Well, I’m the assistant editor for books and arts at the Weekly Standard. Meaning that, if title dictates behavior, I deal primarily with literature, art, film, and the like. For the most part, this is true. In addition to my responsibilities to the magazine in its dead-tree form, I also write a column on film every Friday for the Standard’s website (and, every once in a while, I post something to the Standard’s blog).

My roots, however, are in poltical writing. I studied government and history at the University of Virginia, and got my start in DC at Roll Call newspaper. So, in addition to the arts, you’ll be hearing from me on a fairly regular basis about what’s going on around Capitol Hill and at the White House (and, of course, what’s going on on the campaign trail). And, with no intention of aping Matt Yglesias, I’ll probably comment on the NBA from time to time. And the MLB and the NFL and even, every so often, the EPL (that’s an English soccer league, for the unelightened). Not so much the NHL.

One last note: My name (“Sonny Bunch”) is entirely too easy to mock, and it promotes laziness in commenters trying to come up with a clever insult. The following are totally played out; I encourage you to come up with some new insults…

1–“Sonny Bunches of Oats,” or, for short, “Bunches of Oats”
2–Any variation of “panties in a bunch” (also unacceptable: “undies” in a bunch)
3–“Sonny Bunny”

Again, none of these are terribly original, and originality is prized above all else in this industry. So, y’know, be creative. You’ve got a lot to work with.