Via Yglesias, a fun and interesting Sunday morning diversion: check out this website that uses census data to give you the demographic of your ZIP code. Especially interesting for you new yorkers, where ZIP codes are proxy for income, level of bourgeoisity, and, of course, coolness. My ZIP turns out, like much of Manhattan, to […]
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So yesterday was Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. During the afternoon break between the morning prayer service and Neilah, the concluding service, I attended a panel discussion (also at the s
If you think eating meat is presumptively bad, skip this post. Yum. Beef. It’s what’s for dinner — for tonight at least. For me, and for Frank Bruni too. Last month, Scott (yes, Lemi
I meant to post this yesterday, but I was remiss. Today and tomorrow are Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. I won’t be posting as I will be observing and doing a little celebrating. So, pretend I’m not here. I’ll be back after the holiday. Happy new year to all those observing too!
A quick blog housekeeping note: I will be traveling for the rest of this holiday weekend to go to a wedding across the country. I think I might actually leave my computer at home (gasp!). The thought
It happens every fall. The first day of school* rolls around and I get jitters. Today is my last-ever first day of school, as I embark on my third (and last!) year of law school. For all of you lawyer
I shouldn’t be surprised. Some milblogger compiles a list of quotations from “largely clueless” folks “living in ivory towers” who mocked the wingnut flash mob that appeared around the Beauchamp articles in TNR. He also suggests that everyone on the list “probably regrets” what they wrote, but that “Google’s cache” will — ha! — prevent […]
So. I haven’t been posting much on the weekends because N and I have been escaping the city as much as possible, and leaving our wi-fi equipped laptops behind. Usually the weekends are pretty qu