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Posts from November 2008

Maddow meets Colbert

Thanks to @BookGnome


Paper envy

I've heard such great things about Field Notes -- particularly regarding their superiority to the comparable Molskine model when it comes to paper quality -- that I'm itching to click "Buy Now!" But I'm on a strict pen-and-paper diet: no more than $30/month on ink, notebooks, paper, anything. And since I went on a $55 [...]


A win for us all

NB: Cross-posted at Open Salon The media today is (as one might have expected) putting much of its focus on the racial aspect of Barack Obama's historic win. I understand that, I empathize with that. Some of my tears last night (and today) were shed for my dear friend T's three boys, all of whom [...]


We did it.

Yes. We. Did.


An Open Letter to Rachel Maddow

NB: Cross-posted at Open Salon To Rachel, You've been in the press a lot lately. A recurring theme in those pieces is your struggle with whether being a television pundit is a worthwhile occupation, whether it makes enough of a difference in the world. Some pieces frame this as humility in the face of your [...]


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