2016-03-19 18:53
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2016-03-19 18:53
Annie tagged me with a wandering blog meme last week. I’m just now getting to it. The rules are simple. I link to Annie and then I reveal seven weird or random things about me. So here… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I haven't been cross-posting anything I write for Donklephant. But I feel strongly about this topic and wanted to put my words up here as well. The original post is here and I ask, if you fe… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Last fall, amidst the kind of “well, what now” crisis of self us 33-year olds are good at, I decided to stop being so damn practical about my career as a writer and just embrace… Read More
2008-03-12 04:14
This story required me to write that headline before I saw anyone else pounce on the obvious. Maverick Views has really turned into a quality blog, hasn't it?Hopefully you're reading my dail… Read More
2008-03-08 04:41
You've spent your evening feeding, bathing and tucking in the children and then relax to an episode of Myth Busters. And it's Friday night. And you didn't even realize it was Friday night un… Read More
2008-03-04 23:41
I love it when science wins Read More
2008-03-04 20:43
Here are my most recent political posts up at Donklephant:On the debasement of language in politics here.On Hillary Clinton’s chances of winning here.On Texas and protectionism here.On… Read More
2008-03-04 19:41
I have high expectations for fiction. I want stories that are exceptionally well written, offering up a unique way with words as subtle and gripping as the performances of the best musicians… Read More
2008-03-03 15:45
This weekend I went to a wedding reception where the groom was Hindu and the bride was Muslim (the happy couple are both American born, their parents are immigrants). Why was I there? The gr… Read More
2008-02-28 20:17
Over the last couple of years I’ve come to realize that my children are growing up in a vastly different media world than the one in which I came of age. It’s not just the endles… Read More
2008-02-28 14:51
If you haven't been checking Donklephant, I have four posts up over there since yesterday. Here are the links.On McCain here.Briefly on William F. Buckley Jr. here.On Clinton's waning suppor… Read More
2008-02-28 14:51
If you haven't been checking Donklephant, I have four posts up over there since yesterday. Here are the links.On McCain here.Briefly on William F. Buckley Jr. here.On Clinton's waning suppor… Read More
2008-02-27 19:10
By now you’ve probably heard of the locavore food movement, generally defined as only eating food grown or raised within a 100 mile radius of where you live. Great if you live in, say… Read More
2008-02-26 22:37
This snarky, funny as hell site has all the details on stuff white people like.My favorites? Standing still at concerts. Expensive sandwiches. Being the only white person in ethnic restauran… Read More
2008-02-26 22:36
Here’s the news: Justin Gardner of Donklephant has invited me to become a fulltime writer for the site rather than just an occasional poster. He’s looking to diversify content an… Read More
2008-02-26 16:03
Stephen Hayes of the Wall Street Journal recounts the criticisms of Ronald Reagan and notes the similarities to what people are saying about Barack Obama.Then again, maybe it's not Reagan wh… Read More
2008-02-26 15:52
Yeah, I'm a John McCain guy, but I did endorse Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination and I stand by that. Want to know why? This nasty Hillary Clinton trick is a good example. We don't… Read More
2008-02-26 14:02
Shay at Booker Rising calls me to task for my post on McCain and healthcare. But she misinterprets my viewpoint – which is probably because I didn’t actually say what kind of hea… Read More
2008-02-25 13:58
Michael Reynolds nails John McCain to the wall on the issue where he’s most vulnerable: healthcare. My number one reservation about McCain has been his less-than-comprehensive healthca… Read More
2008-02-24 18:15
In 2000, Ralph Nader shook up the race by highlighting a growing disaffection with the two-party system. In 2004 he wanted to see if what he started in 2000 was a movement or a political bli… Read More
2008-02-23 18:59
In a column about the difficulties the Republicans find themselves in, Mike Rosen asserts:Two-thirds of voters may reliably support either Republican or Democratic candidates, but the other… Read More
2008-02-22 19:17
We’re obsessed. All of us. Left, right, center, upside and down, everyone just keeps writing and talking and debating Barack Obama. Cruise the blogs, the columnists, talk radio or the… Read More
2008-02-22 14:13
Last night I watched the entire debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Both of them trotted out the names of great, late Texas Democrats with Barbara Jordan getting due respect fro… Read More
2008-02-21 21:31
Is there a growing wave of criticism against Barack Obama? I’ve already pointed you toKarl Rove’s piece. Amba at Ambivablog directs us to other anti-Obama pieces here and here. M… Read More
2008-02-21 20:41
Over the years, NAFTA has become the boogie man of U.S. economics. But it's not that simple as Froma Harrop of RealClearPolitics explains. The deal (and other such deals with nations in the… Read More
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