It’s a relief to know that Obama didn’t adhere to the petty fixations of the media on this one. Substantively, Biden was by far the best choice I’ve heard to be vetted. The fact that his only notable flaw is that he’s a bit of an irresponsible yapper (something with which I wholeheartedly sympathize) paled [...]
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August 9, 2008
Who’s the most prominent sleazy cheat? John McCain.
It’s interesting that the Drudge Report, which is having a field day with the recent John Edwards disaster, juxtaposes its articles about his confession with an ad to donate to John McCain. By “interesting” of course, I mean “delicious”.
Yes, it’s likely you didn’t know that McCain cheated on his first wife (and not just with [...]
July 27, 2008
Hardball
Last Thursday I cut out of work early to trek out to NBC Studios. It was part of a series of events hosted by the Institute of Politics with Harvard students interning in the area. Although I’m not doing an IOP internship, I’m happy to jump on the wagon, especially since my first–and [...]
July 27, 2008
Giles’ “10 Commandments for Classy Girls”
I wonder if he has “10 Commandments for Classy Guys” in the works, or “Classy Neocon Columnists” for that matter. I also wonder if it admonishes one for squealing with delight at the memory of grinding someone’s face into the cement and using unsavory terms such as “bumping uglies”, “slut”, “skank”, or “whore” as [...]
July 18, 2008
LA Times continues downward spiral; Tupac Lives
The LA Times recently fired 150 writers, including Pulitzer Prize-winning Chuck Philips, who had been pegged as an incorrigible tease after giving Tupac fans both the sweet, sweet closure and the blockbuster conspiracy their hero deserved.
The result of his gaffe? Speculation about Tupac’s secret compound in Cuba will continue to haunt fans, perhaps forever.
Meanwhile, reporting [...]
July 17, 2008
“Controversy”? “Offensive”?
A belated comment on the recent (but, with respect to the pace of the CNN set, ancient) flap over a rather unsurprising New Yorker cover, pictured below:
I think that we’re overlooking a pretty crucial point here. Even most cursory knowledge of the New Yorker’s, and this artist’s, past provocative covers or, moreover, its absolute love [...]
June 27, 2008
> stuff white people like
An ancient relic of web satire, yet one of classic proportions and superior execution.
June 24, 2008
Excuse me while I whip this out
It’s only fitting that my first blog-related anxiety begins at the beginning: the title. My original concept involved entitling this blog “pop culture pastiche”. But alas, the term “pastiche” smacked of a kind of literary snobbishness from which I’d prefer to refrain, really. Come to think of it, “potpourri” probably has the same [...]
