Cavemen had nice teeth Glenn Greenwald on MSNBC: ”But whatever one wants to call this, ‘journalism’ is the wrong label. Even ideologically-friendly media outlets which claim that mantle should be devoted to accountability and treating those who wield power adversarially, not flattering the preexisting beliefs of their audience and relentlessly glorifying political leaders. Presidents have [...]
“Ancient Olympic dopers got their pre-Games hormone boost from chewing on raw animal testicles.” Brian Doherty on Gore Vidal, who is now dead: “Vidal had a winning mistrust of elites and understood–and this is the key to why so many cannot tolerate him–that they, especially in the American security and foreign policy apparati, didn’t necessarily [...]
Recently a woman here in Portland ridiculed me for living near Gresham, a suburb that Portland’s indie-alpha culture finds repugnant. “Why do you live there? she asked. “Is it because of the close proximity to all the great cuisine and culture?” Or something. She thought she was being smarmy-yet-cute. But unbeknownst to her, the former [...]