Oh man, if only I had noticed that Wired was holding a superhero costume contest in time! Apparently, supervillains are fair game as well, so I could have submitted: And at least arguably:

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I bow in obeisance: They implemented the classic game Defender… in a favicon.

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If I were to ask you out, would your answer to that question be the same as your answer to this one? (Hat tip to a commenter at Democracy in America.)

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I think I’ve written to this effect before, but let me just cast my lot here with Kevin Drum contra Samhita Mukhopadhyay: Whether it’s particularly clever is a matter of taste—I usually find the execution as stale as the concept—but there’s clearly nothing groundbreaking about Stuff White People Like. It’s a species of well-worn yuppie/hipster […]

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This just in from Slate: Many applications and sites on the Interwebs encourage you to upload a headshot or profile picture of some kind! Some people obsessively update theirs, in search of the perfect profile pic. Others remain anonymous by using a humorous or ironic image! Are we sure “Michael Agger” isn’t a pseudonym for […]

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Dressing as a suicide bomber for Halloween is offensive! It’s like dressing as a Klansman! Or wearing blackface! How are those analogies remotely related? Shut up and be offended!

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I can’t believe it’s still possible for me to find this depressing, but ThinkProgress has an interview with a former U.S. attorney who’s claiming that John Ashcroft was pushed out of the administration because he refused to override the acting AG from his hospital bed in order to authorize warrantless wiretaps. No good deed goes […]

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Since I’ve written about this topic at some length in the past, a quick note on John McCain’s recent statement about gay adoption: I think that we’ve proven that both parents are important in the success of a family so, no I don’t believe in gay adoption. Now, possibly there’s new or better data since […]

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One aspect of the newly-passed FISA law that deserves a bit of extra scrutiny is the amount of pressure it puts on “minimization procedures,” one of the few points of contact between the surveillance program and the FISA court. This is arguably part of a drift we’ve already seen a fair amount of in foreig […]

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Assuming those of you who are regular readers tend to get something or other out of my scribblings for various venues, do any of you have an opinion as to which of the following two focuses over, say, the next 1-2 years would generate more value added? Daily, hard-ish journalism focusing on a few specific […]

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