Wednesday, November 18, 2015

"Who am I kidding? I mean, we all have strings."

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The subject of motivational speakers has been coming up recently, so I just had to post this one.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Why I'm not writing a post on Napoleon Hill

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When I write a post on a new topic I usually do a quick pass through Wikipedia and after about thirty or forty-five minutes (longer if I get...
Monday, November 16, 2015

"I was the Duke"

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I'm always on the lookout for interesting counterexamples to conventional wisdom in places like the Internet Archive . For example, thi...
Friday, November 13, 2015

In the spirit of the day

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The Night Gallery was a tragically uneven show, but it did have its moments, such as this Rod Serling adaptation of a classic Margaret St. C...

If you're going to do a series called "Smarter Every Day," you should probably try to be, well, smarter

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Or at least better researched. Don't get me wrong -- I am entirely on this guy's side -- but this analogy for theft of non-rival goo...
Thursday, November 12, 2015

"The Friends of Frank Fay."

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I believe I've mentioned fairly frequently that I'm a fan of Kliph Nesteroff. Nesteroff is a writer and pop culture specializing in ...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

"George" "F." "Will" is no David Brooks

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When I write a post criticizing David Brooks (which around here pretty much equates to writing a post about David Brooks), I generally try t...
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

The Witch of November

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Forty years ago today .

"Heathens don't amount to shucks alongside of pirates" -- understanding Ben Carson

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One of the things I've realized watching the coverage of the Carson campaign is that almost none of the people reporting or commenting o...
Monday, November 9, 2015

Groo

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Mark Evanier, who co-writes Sergio Aragonés' successful and long-running comic series Groo , shares an interesting anecdote about t...
Friday, November 6, 2015

Return of the rabbit ears

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I've gotten way behind on the over-the-air television/terrestrial superstation story. For example, I missed this very good LA Times piec...
Thursday, November 5, 2015

The more things change -- advertising edition

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One of these days, I want to start a good, detailed thread on advertising and marketing. If and when I do, it will almost certainly mention ...
Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Just because you're a critic doesn't mean you have to be critical

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[in case you're wondering, this one has been in the queue for a while] I know this is a fairly trivial matter, but in keeping with our...
Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Outlaws

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I'll just give you the short version of the first part of the story (my brakes are quite good; those of the guy behind me, not so much) ...
Monday, November 2, 2015

Defending the indefensible for fun and profit – lesson 1: tone and framing

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David Brooks has come in for a lot of mockery for his latest column on Marco Rubio from commentators like Jonathan Chait (“ What Should We ...