Source: art_es_anna I saw it this morning, at about eight. I said, “Oh… my… God.” Benazir Bhutto, long—and probably accurately—seen as the best choice for prime minister of the troubled mess that is Pakistan, was assassinated. For good or ill, it’s the most important political assassination I remember. I’m far too young to have experienced […]

As the curious will probably have guessed by now, I’m taking a break until January 7th. It’s a Monday, the one after New Year’s Eve. I was rather negligent in announcing this. For that I apologize. And as my penance, I promise that at least one more thing will be posted between now and the […]

There’s a large soft spot in my heart for broad and sweeping pieces of advice about how to live you life. Even if I don’t agree with everything such poems, columns, commencement speeches, or songs say, I still like them. And even if they seem to be off on a few points, they say things […]

Source: topgold Aside from having been described by Jerry Seinfeld as a terribly ugly word (which it is), “blog” is a hard concept to pin down. Of course the word’s evolution from the original meaning of “web log” would suggest that they’re necessarily linear expressions of a set of idea, thoughts, and goals. A diary […]

Source: cursedthing Former President Bill Clinton was on Charlie Rose last Friday. He said a lot of interesting things, and though they also did a fair bit of rehashing tired arguments about the presidential campaign, it is a pretty good interview to watch. Without question, the line that most caught my attention was this one: […]