Writing

  1. Wikileaks: Leak Me Something I Don’t Know (Huffington Post)

Newsflash, truth seekers: It turns out diplomats are generally diplomatic.


  1. Obama’s Birth Certificate a Poor Effort at Forgery (Huffington Post)

How dumb does he think we are?


  1. New Jersey: Teaching the World to Steal, in Perfect Harmony (Vanity Fair)

A string of perp walks turns Newark’s federal courthouse into a veritable Noah’s Ark of criminal archetypes.


  1. Should You Feel Guilty About Having A Job? (Slate)

A more serious look at why the recession is hard for the employed, too. Rush Limbaugh hated this one.


  1. Where Do Middle Eastern Protestors Get All Those Stones? (Huffington Post)

It seems Arabs may be missing out on a valuable business opportunity.


  1. Why You Were Unprepared to See Sucker Punch (Huffington Post)

A bad tag line further dooms a bad movie.


  1. Explaining the Nation’s Non-Reaction to Gay Marriage (Slate)

A commentary on what the quiet acceptance of recent gay marriage victories says about the far right.


  1. Airport Security and the Social Contract of Slacking (Vanity Fair)

Forget new security measures, Obama just needs to enforce the Rule of Slackability.


  1. No Buffalo Wings, No Peace (NPR)

The economic crisis just became my Waterloo.


  1. Translating Obama’s (Socialist) Speech to Schoolchildren (Vanity Fair)

A look at the hidden manifesto inside the president’s re-education message.


  1. The Mike Bloomberg Diet (Huffington Post)

Bill Clinton felt our pain. Bloomberg wants us to feel his.


  1. Swine Flu’s Next Stop: The Pantheon of Stillborn Pandemics (Huffington Post)

SARS must be rolling over in its grave.


  1. Michael Jackson Death Sweepstakes Winners and Losers (Vanity Fair)

His life was filled with people trying to take a piece of him. Why should his death be any different?