Just As I Thought

Portrait of the Artist

Ah, that day when my friends Sara and Lance and I went to the Hirshhorn gallery to see the Laurie Anderson exhibit, and turned around to discover that we were being followed by… Laurie Anderson.

George Clooney on Marriage Equality

It’s always been this albatross that stood out to me as the final leg of the civil rights movement. It really came to a head during the 2004 elections, when it was used as a wedge issue, and it was a very effective tool  [more...]

On the Board

“Balanced” ≠ “true”

One of the biggest problems we face in the dying world of journalism is the fallacy — pioneered by Fox News and other right wing propaganda outlets — that there are always two sides to a story, that every truth has  [more...]