(cross-posted from U.S. of J.) Yesterday’s Charles Blow column has inspired some particularly obtuse punditry. I expected it of Tom Maguire, who as a run-of-them-mill right-winger is prone to completely missing the point. But I’m honestly surprised to see Conor Friedersdorf stumble blindly down the road of understanding. In a recent post at the American Read More
Elena Kagan, the U.S.’s solicitor general, is on nearly every speculative shortlist to replace Justice John Paul Stevens. Salon’s Glenn Greenwald isn’t sold on her (to put it mildly) because her views on lots of important constitutional questions aren’t clear. (And anyone who watched the last several confirmation proceedings knows that they’re not likely to Read More
Speaking of Apple, apps, and cook books (see G.D.’s previous post), I’m not entirely sure what to make of the fact that Mark Bittman’s $35 book, How to Cook Everything, has been distilled into an iPhone app, available (for the time being) for $1.99. The app contains all 2000 recipes in the book, all of Read More
Whoops. An Australian publisher has had to pulp and reprint a cook-book after one recipe listed “salt and freshly ground black people” instead of black pepper. Penguin Group Australia had to reprint 7,000 copies of Pasta Bible last week, the Sydney Morning Herald has reported. The reprint cost A$20,000 ($18,000; £12,000), but stock in bookshops Read More
Over here, in these precincts, there is no real choice when it comes to the Final Four and the NBA playoffs. One game is played by boys, the other by men. Get that weak Butler stuff outta here, please. Championship teams – or runner-ups – do NOT shoot 34 percent when it matters most. Unless Read More
Is anyone else getting more and more disturbed by Apple? The Nieman Journalism Lab’s Laura McGann has a disturbing report that ought to perk up every news organization that sees Apple’s iPad as part of its future. McGann talked to Mark Fiore, who won a Pulitzer this week for his trenchant editorial cartoons. Apple has Read More
Sorry for the late Lost blogging guys. Got sucked into life, into better TV shows, and, frankly, there’s not a lot to say. This episode’s sideways-flashes were devoted to Hurley, the one main character we hadn’t really followed yet. In this episode, Lucky Hurley meets Libby, who’s alive and well and living in a mental Read More
I’ve got nothing. So I went with this: Thing is, this is better than anything on Shaq Diesel. If only because the Fu-Schnickens aren’t involved. This Tuesday roundup is becoming something of a regular feature. I really don’t know what to say. But don’t get used to it. Now, for random-assness:
