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Entries from October 2005

I’m a Journalist, Goddamnit!

October 31st, 2005 · 3 Comments

Tom has more pictures, as does Matt Klokel.

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Tags: Personal

Hewitt’s Just Different

October 28th, 2005 · 2 Comments

I almost did a spit-take when I got to this part of the latest dispatch from the Hewittverse (emphasis mine): The right’s embrace in the Miers nomination of tactics previously exclusive to the left – exaggeration, invective, anonymous sources, an unbroken stream of new charges, television advertisements paid for by secret sources – will make […]

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Tags: Journalism & the Media

Yes, I Really Did…

October 27th, 2005 · 8 Comments

Pics of the full costume to come…

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Tags: Personal

Halloween Sneak Preview

October 27th, 2005 · 1 Comment

Below is one of the (not yet properly assembled) props for my Halloween costume. If you’d recognize the costume as a whole, then you can probably guess what it is based on this:

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Tags: Self Promotion

Live in the Lounge!

October 26th, 2005 · Comments Off on Live in the Lounge!

I should say in advance that I’m primarily directing this at people I already know and friends of friends, but: My current housemates are planning to move out at the end of December. That means two rooms—a small and a medium-sized one—are opening up in my house on 13th and Florida NW, in the U […]

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Tags: Washington, DC

Bill Kristol…

October 24th, 2005 · 1 Comment

…is on The Daily Show, and it strikes me that he sounds kind of like Wallace Shawn without the lisp.

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Tags: Journalism & the Media

Cross-Party Dating Redux

October 24th, 2005 · Comments Off on Cross-Party Dating Redux

The America’s Future Foundation has posted audio of the panel on cross-party dating I moderated earlier this month. Addendum: Damn, but a lot of “ums” have slipped back into my speech since I stopped debating regularly. Memo to self: Cut that out.

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Tags: Self Promotion

Portrait of a Bookstore as an Old Man

October 24th, 2005 · 1 Comment

Maybe two years ago, my friend Abe Sutherland popped in a tape at a friends house to show us a movie he said his brother Ben had made. I’ll confess, while I was willing to assume Abe’s extremely high intelligence ran in the family, I went in with a modicum of skepticism: Surely Abe’s high […]

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Tags: Art & Culture

New at Reason

October 24th, 2005 · Comments Off on New at Reason

I’ve got a new piece up at the Reason site today on the debate over who controls ICANN (or its successor): “The Root of the Problem.” Also, I think I forgot to link my lastWeb piece on the Harriet Miers meltdown, “The Revolt of the Elites.”

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Tags: Self Promotion

On CAFTA

October 17th, 2005 · Comments Off on On CAFTA

A bit past its sell-by date now, but I’ve got a piece up at Hispanic Magazine about CAFTA and the parties’ odd attitudes toward trade and immigration.

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Tags: Self Promotion