Daily Archives: November 6, 2011
Why I Expect Issue 2 is Headed for a Big Defeat on Tuesday
Posted on November 6, 2011 48 Comments
The grainy cell phone camera shot explains it: When you have people who are conservative enough to post a pro-life banner on their front lawn, and yet also want the anti-union Issue 2 to go swirling, it suggests that the legislators in Columbus who voted to strip public workers of most of their ability to […]
The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Six: Being a Goofball
Posted on November 6, 2011 37 Comments
I have never once been cool. Being “cool” means, among other things, having a certain sort of unapproachable distance, of holding yourself at a remove, and of projecting an aura of mystery and even dignity — even when (hell, particularly when) you’re not trying to do it. I know people who are cool; indeed, I […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying