The House of Substance

Just saw a hijab/cleavage combo on a student.

A headline from Time raises some questions, my first being...which political masterstoke preceded this one?

Republican evil courtesy of TPM.

Not many cartoons about villanelles.

Regarding all this nonsense , I think it's worth noting that as a somewhat absent-minded man, I frequently do not know what I am wearing...

Why do I have these blogs blogrolled? I like them, for one, but I actively read them each day. I visit my page, highlight them all and ope...

I was listening to NPR this afternoon and there was John Hagee being interviewed by Terry Gross. Wrote this down on a post-it because when...

Someone at kuro5hin is upset: For the worst pizza in Rome, you have to start from the Piazza San Pietro . Face the Basilica, and ...

The new pope seems to be a little bit dumb, which I guess is to be expected being a pope and all, but public figures have to watch their mou...

Just when you think everything's gone to hell, you find some lemon jello in the fridge. And then you name one of your twins after it.

I know someone who makes TV appearances related to 9/11, because a relative died. Every now and then, another appearance and another pledge...

Since I don't have anything of note to write about, why not music, or a random sampling thereof. This is the last CD I burned for in-ca...

I don't think I understand this argument from Atrios. Although I'm pretty positive I disagree with Brad DeLong about economic pol...

What a fucking dumbass: Do you think on the whole, has feminism done more ill than good to America? Mansfield: Yes, I think it has. Femini...

This song meanders through my brain every now and then...the particular joke it's affixed to is always irrelevant...

Die for the fatherland!