the great liberal freakout of 2017

I have been screaming about this on Twitter for the past week which is probably not the most productive way to engage and certainly unsatisfying, so here’s my attempt to get down my thoughts about the liberal punditry’s great hobbyhorse, the protests at Middlebury…

The Lessons of the Seoul Protests

I just got back from Seoul, where I was covering the impeachment of President Park Geun-Hye. You can…

Stokke Explory (day 11)

Yesterday we pushed the baby in the stroller for six blocks and then turned around. I felt some shame for my Stokke Explory which retails for about 1200 and doesn’t even convert into a car seat or a bassinet like the Uppababy Vista. I don’t see why I should withhold this financial…

RIP Denis Johnson: Reading and Re-reading Jesus’s Son

Small books cast a religious hold on their devotees. The repeat reader experiences something close to transference — he puts the book in the pocket of his jacket, feels its reassuring, blocky heft and thinks of all the fellow seekers…

Craig Sager (1951–2016)

I enjoyed ‘Take Out,’ which is steaming right now on Filmstruck. Go watch it now.

Women’s March thoughts

Wrote about the Women’s March for Vice News. Think it’s an interesting rebuttal to the David Brooks column that’s been going around the Internet today. Brooks and Jonathan Chait have both argued that identity politics won’t save us, which seems insane given the turnout on Saturday, but…