I’ve said something similar before myself, but this from Conor Friedersdorf jibes with my own experience:
There is this idea among movement conservatives—especially the rank-and-file—that Washington DC journalism is populated by a lot of disingenuous, careerist sell outs. These elites write to enrich themselves, to inflate their sense of self-importance, and to garner social capital, invariably [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Washington, DC'
The Georgetown Cocktail Party Paradox
July 21st, 2009 · 7 Comments
Tags: Journalism & the Media · Washington, DC
The Logic of All Sex Laws
June 19th, 2009 · 6 Comments
The federal government’s first Chief Information Officer, Vivek Kundra, used to be the District of Columbia’s top geek. He caught the Obama administration’s eye by, among other things, finding innovative ways to put public data online, and especially to make it more easily accessible through the use of third-party apps. A prime illustration of the [...]
Tags: Law · Sexual Politics · Sociology · Washington, DC
When the Interns.. Come Out… in the Cit-aaaay
June 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments
It’s that time again.
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Teabaggin’
April 16th, 2009 · 16 Comments
So, until Wednesday, I hadn’t taken much notice of the whole “Tea Party” phenomenon. Like about 98 percent of public protests, it had struck me as little more than a stunt, guaranteed to reduce a legitimate argument to a spectacular competition for the dumbest, craziest slogan. Protests may—occasionally—make sense when either you need to draw [...]
Tags: Journalism & the Media · Stupid Shit · Washington, DC
Ugh
January 4th, 2009 · 6 Comments
I always feel like I ought to try to make it out to these “Twin Tech” events for professional reasons but dear God, if an evil genius designed a venue with the goal of driving me to shoot myself in the face, they’d come up with something like this place. Would anyone with a scintilla [...]
Tags: Personal · Tech and Tech Policy · Washington, DC
Dude, Call Me
October 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Yglesias finds this from an interview with Rachel Maddow:
Biggest misconception about pundits: That we all hang out together. I don’t know any of these people. Maybe all the pundits are hanging out and not inviting me. […]
By her bed: Comic books. I read comics sometimes and graphic novels. I appreciate that genre.
So, actually, lots of [...]
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“I’m gonna be perfect from now on…”
September 24th, 2008 · 5 Comments
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Indie Rock as Opera
September 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Fleeting thought spurred by anticipation of Built to Spill doing Perfect from Now On at 9:30 Club tomorrow: This apparent trend of long-running indie bands performing classic albums in their entirety (Mission of Burma doing Vs. at Black Cat a while back was stellar) is presumably partly a function of a new generation discovering seminal [...]
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You’ll Find Me at the Barr
September 4th, 2008 · No Comments
So it turns out that I’m going to be on a panel of journalists assigned to pepper Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr with questions at a National Press Club event tomorrow, which will focus on privacy and civil liberties issues. Festivities kick of at noon; come check it out.
Tags: Privacy and Surveillance · Self Promotion · Washington, DC
An Announcement
August 15th, 2008 · 7 Comments
For a while now, as regular readers know, I’ve been a frequent contributor to the remarkable, super smart tech news site Ars Technica. A few months ago they became part of the Condé Nast imperium, which has allowed them to begin expanding their coverage in a variety of ways. And, as it turns out, I’m [...]
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