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The Tapes: April 261 comment

shawnfury wrote 4 weeks ago: Welcome to spring upper Midwesterners. And welcome to this week’s links. * Grantland’s B … more →

Tags: Terry Vandrovec, TVFury, Shawn Fury, The Tapes, Kobe Bryant, San Diego Chargers, Gwyneth Paltrow, Michael Shannon, Chris Bosh

Boston Is Now A Different Place

normelrod wrote 1 month ago: The country is still unpacking the tragic events that ended the Boston Marathon yesterday. Writer Ch … more →

Tags: Headlines, Guests, Boston Marathon

The Boston Marathon and myriad types of coverage

Florangela Davila wrote 1 month ago: I’m going through different forms of coverage but a few stood out to me: 24 hours of Instagram … more →

Tags: Boston, Geotagging, Tweets

Boston. The only thing I can think about today.

michaeljlewis wrote 1 month ago: I don’t know what to say about the tragedy at the Boston Marathon on Monday, except that it le … more →

Tags: Peter Richmond, Boston Marathon, patton oswalt, Hemlock Martinis

Tiger Woods Is Living The Life Charlie Pierce First Glimpsed 17 Years Ago

masscommons wrote 1 month ago: I’d guess that most people who read Charlie Pierce’s 1996 GQ profile of the young (21, j … more →

Tags: Sports, Tiger Woods, grantland, GQ, Golf

The hard truth, as it appears now2 comments

kipp wrote 1 month ago: My political blogging inspiration and idol Charlie Pierce has never been especially idealistic about … more →

Tags: Political, Current Events (2), america, President Obama, Liberal, Conservative, Gun Control

Assuming Responsibility1 comment

rhammerton1 wrote 2 months ago: Ten years ago this day, portions of the US government committed ordinance, materiel, and most import … more →

Tags: Government, Journalism, News, Politics, Accountability, Commentary, condoleezza rice, conscience, dick cheney

Stop me if you think you've heard this one before4 comments

absurdbeats wrote 2 months ago: Oh that Rand Paul, champion of liberty! Look how he’s standing up for freedom now: “The … more →

Tags: Musing, Politics, Morality, reality, Liberty, Biology, personhood, rand paul, Human development

Who's Right? Who Cares-Hypocrisy, Gay Rights, and the Wheels Of Inevitability

pzerzan wrote 2 months ago: Lest I be accused of being a hypocrite, I’ve always held one belief-I don’t care what a … more →

Tags: Politics 2, Gay Rights, John Boehner, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Rob Portman, Balloon Juice, Glenn Greenwald, Mitt Romney

This time, the Phoenix does not rise6 comments

aronsbarron wrote 2 months ago: The announcement yesterday that the Boston Phoenix is ceasing publication marks the end of an era, a … more →

Tags: media, Politics, Dan Kennedy, Boston Phoenix, Pedophile Priests, Village Voice, Bill Miller, Dick Gaines, Adam Reilly

The Tapes: March 15

shawnfury wrote 2 months ago: Hi. This week’s links. The happiest link is Kailey Vandrovec’s CaringBridge journal. Kai … more →

Tags: Terry Vandrovec, Shawn Fury, grantland, David Remnick, Larry Sanders (not that one), Danny Ainge

Here's the other thing about how writers are paid.5 comments

emilylhauser wrote 2 months ago: The current discussion/mudslinging about how writers/journalists/reporters (etc) are or are not paid … more →

Tags: Mental rambling, Social Justice, give me a job, Ezra Klein, Freelancing, nate thayer, The Atlantic, writing for free

No 'celly' here, please, we're hockey people -- P.K. Subban's triple low-five and the war on fun1 comment

John MacKinnon wrote 3 months ago: In another lifetime, during a two-year hitch with Hockey Canada, I found myself in Anaheim, Calif., … more →

Tags: Sports, oil spills, andrei markov, carey price, Chris Stevenson, Dave Stubbs, Don Cherry, Eric Lindros, Hal Gill

Quote of the day1 comment

kipp wrote 3 months ago: His inaugural address aside, the president is not “more liberal” than he was on January … more →

Tags: Political, Otherwise interesting, Quotes, Current Events (2), Politics, President Obama, Esquire, Liberal

Big Bend, Day 2 ... and, my oh my, Howard Schultz is still an epic prick

rubewaddell wrote 4 months ago: Dec. 7 – We took Ranger Bob’s advice and drove east to see the sweet blush of sunset on … more →

Tags: America in the 21st century, starbucks, Big Bend, santa elena canyon, Rio Grande, Monarch Butterflies, Howard Schultz is a dick, Lucinda Williams, the clash

An Atonal Choir of Rabid Complaint: The State of the Republican (Anti-)Party

kipp wrote 5 months ago: A typically excellent post today on The Politics Blog with Charlie Pierce at Esquire.com, describing … more →

Tags: Newsworthy, Otherwise interesting, Political, Democrats, Esquire, Ezra Klein, John Boehner, Plan C, politics blog

The root of all evil1 comment

kipp wrote 5 months ago: Charlie Pierce makes a very salient point – as he so often does – on his blog today, The … more →

Tags: Political, Otherwise interesting, Congress, Esquire, Gun Control, Chris Rock

For whom the deepest level of hell is reserved (and it's not the shooter, though he's there too)2 comments

kipp wrote 5 months ago: With the grief and terror still very fresh, and the realization that we’ve once again been rem … more →

Tags: Newsworthy, Otherwise interesting, Bryan Fischer, Christian, connecticut, gun, hatemonger, lunatic, lynch mob

Tiger Beat On The Potomac

kipp wrote 5 months ago: If you’re interested in reading a fleshy and long article about the detrimental affect Politic … more →

Tags: Political, Otherwise interesting, Político, Journalism


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