Monthly Archives: April 2011
Blogs Are Better
With the constantly evolving nature of the news media landscape, self-conscious journalists working for traditional newspapers occasionally decry the growing influence of bloggers. This always seems silly to me, not only because some of the best young journalists are bloggers (see my blog … Continue reading
Filed under Culture, Technology
No. 68 Project
A few weeks ago I read in the Washington Post about this pop-up dinner series that brings amazing chefs and top mixologists together to assemble amazing tasting menus for a short run of small dinner parties. The No. 68 Project began … Continue reading
The Straight Dope on the New Republican Budget
So I really don’t want this to become a budget blog, but with a government shut-down growing nearer, fiscal policy does happen to be the hot topic in Washington these days, in addition to it being the focus of my … Continue reading
Will Someone Please Get the GOP a Calculator and a Briefing Book?
One crank Republican Senator recently decided that the way to solve our budget challenges was to sponsor a Constitutional Amendment that would bar Congress from spending more than 18% of the previous year’s GDP, erect barriers to raising revenue (thus making it harder … Continue reading
