December 2010
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Dec 30th
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“Like many of the cables made public in recent weeks, those describing the drug...”
– “Cables Portray Expanded Reach of Drug Agency,” The New York Times 
Dec 26th
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Senator Worried That Global Warming Will Kill... →
Dec 24th
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The drag that is Don DeLillo
The latest issue of Harper’s is proud of its Don DeLillo story, I think. It’s right there on the cover. It’s an event. People refer to it when talking about the issue (those who actually do talk about things like the last issue of Harper’s). DeLillo’s a little god of literature at this point, ensconced on college syllabi and among the coffeeshop set.  And I still...
Dec 24th
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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ListenThe National—“Trophy Wife”  To...
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Black Swan--Yes, uncomfortable
Black Swan was not a comforting movie. The night already had a dazed, hypnotic element when I stepped into the Baltimore theater at 9:55 last Friday and only became moreso once the first scene began. What the movie did quite successfully was create a world—so much dark, twisted interiority, very much its own bleak tone, characters, and rhythm. Darren Aronofsky has accomplished this with just...
Dec 21st
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“Form the habits that will stick with you forever. Drink your coffee with two...”
– How to Be a 20-Something
Dec 20th
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Dec 17th
“The tragedy of the commons is a dilemma arising from the situation in which...”
– The tragedy of the commons
Dec 16th
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  No More Lunch Lines for Child Nutrition—It Just Became Law Today Barack Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (also known as the child nutrition bill) into law at Harriet Tubman Elementary School in Washington, D.C., The Washington Post reports. The House of Representatives passed the bill on December 2 with a vote of 264-157, clearing the way for Obama’s signature...
Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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Psychedelic Nutmeg: A New High in Holiday Cheer →
Dec 13th
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Dec 10th
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Intoxicating, binge amounts of news
There’s a double-edged sword to working in online journalism re: news consumption. The first, amazing virtue is that you do become relatively informed, at least in a cosmetic way, on a broad number of debates and issues. You read a LOT of news. Soooo much news. And usually received in multiple ways—broadcast a bit, a lot via Google Readers, a healthy amount through old-fashioned...
Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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Listen My Bloody Valentine—“Never Say...
Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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“Here’s the thing about inauthentic people,” he says on the train,...”
– Chuck Klosterman profiles Jonathan Franzen in GQ
Dec 5th
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Dec 5th
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“Hi,” he said. “I’m Sting. Sorry about last night when I said I...”
– Graeme Wood on how he met Sting last March in Bombay
Dec 3rd
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The $4.5 billion Child Nutrition Act is going to... →
Dec 3rd
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You should follow @TheAtlanticFOOD if you're not... →
It’s the professional Twitter account I write basically 100% of every day in the Watergate amid the myriad other responsibilities. There’s plenty of random food-world links, ideally mixing the fun and crazy with the substantial—I veer towards harder food news, policy, hunger statistics, etc.  We passed 30,000 followers this past weekend, which doesn’t sound too shabby at...
Dec 2nd
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“Any chance for revenge, take it. Never let that pass you by.”
– Fran Lebowitz
Dec 2nd