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Garfield Minus Garfield
Is Garfield better without Garfield? I haven’t read the strip in years. The weblog’s description is hysterical: Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the...
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Would You Date a Liberal?
Would you let let politics get in the way of a relationship with the opposite sex? That was one of the questions John Hawkins asked some conservative webloggers. Their answers were mostly “no.”...
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Pop Art Obama
The nature of Sen. Barack Obama as icon is noticed by Jim Geraghty. Should Obama win the Presidency a niche market will quickly develop in the art world. Certainly historians will attempt to glean...
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Helicopter Parents and Heroin
Michele Catalano blames white suburban teenagers newfound interest in heroin on over-protective parents driving them on and on while not letting them deal with the inevitable failure: At the same time...
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Better Late Than Never
If you think there’s a creative spark within you don’t panic that it hasn’t become a flame yet. Remember Ben Fountain and Paul Cézanne. “Late Bloomers“ Save and Share:
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The American Flag is Hip Again
It’s cool to fly the American flag again. So sayeth the NY Times: WASHINGTON is suddenly hip again, infused with the heady double-barreled combination of a new crowd of idealistic young political...
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Fearing Google
Robert Darnton sees Google’s settlement with book authors and publishers leading to a future where the internet giant controls access to millions of books and the ideas contained within. Of course...
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Skip the Gift Cards
I’m in agreement with Barry Ritholz. Gift cards aren’t a good Christmas gift. I admit when I’ve been desperate I’ve resorted to them. But as Ritholz writes it shows “you couldn’t be bothered actually...
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New 100-Dollar Bill As Ugly as Previous One
Somewhere inside the confines of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing there’s a complete separation of aesthetics and technology. In the hopes of keeping a few steps ahead of counterfeiters our...
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