I haven't said a single memorable thing since!

I don't write the headlines on my @slate.com pieces but sometimes I wish I did: slate.com/culture/2025...

My Mom Should Have Been the Most Excited Woman on the Planet This Week. God Had Other Ideas. Pope Leo would have hit very different for my devoutly Catholic, Chicago-loving mom.

I don't publicly talk about it much, but my mom's been sick with an Alzheimer's variant for a very long time. For years I've tried and failed to write about it. This week, I finally found the right peg. Thanks to @slate.com for running this on Mother's Day. slate.com/life/2025/05...

service journalism at its finest

Thanks to the great @maryharris.bsky.social for having me on @slate.com's What Next podcast to talk about the suddenly omnipresent Marco Rubio.

I have it on good authority that I was the "next man up" if Rubio had passed on State

When America Finally Judges This Moment, One “Mainstream” Republican Will Tower Over the Rest What happened to Marco Rubio?

Marco Rubio's life story is an inspiring one: It shows that even someone who comes from nothing can grow up to wield great power very poorly. Me in @slate.com: slate.com/news-and-pol...

hope to someday love anything as much as pat hughes loves pronouncing the name "eugenio suarez"

It’s Clearer Than Ever What Jeff Bezos Wants With the Washington Post Bezos will gladly help set the world on fire as long as he can bid on the contract to clear the debris.

The Washington Post lost $100 million in 2024, which sounds like a lot. But that's only 0.00044% of Jeff Bezos' $227 BILLION fortune. For comparison, 0.00044% of $1,000,000 is $4.40. Bezos could cover the Post's losses every year for a millennium and never miss the money. slate.com/business/202...

i will never stop laughing about the time i saw a zillow listing that described a prairie-style house as having been "designed in the style of franklin lloyd wright"

appreciate the support from the twitter diaspora but i promise you i am not worth following

What’s Happening at Fox News Isn’t What You Think. It’s Worse. In the 2024 election, there's only one news network likely to make a difference.

You should read this @slate.bsky.social essay, in which I introduce my theory of “the midnight mind” and explain why, despite its diminished sphere of influence, Fox News is still quite capable of swaying the 2024 elections. slate.com/business/202...

smdh worst day of the year to try to get a slice in nyc

Let Me Moderate the Next GOP Debate. All I Need Is $300 and Some Trap Doors. Don’t worry! These people love ritual humiliation.

i’d be a great moderator for the next gop presidential debate, a lot of people are saying it

once again going for halloween as “man who lectures fellow subway passengers on the virtues of the filmography of michael mann”

Rupert Murdoch Poured Gasoline on Democracy and Got Burned Too He built an empire. Donald Trump took it.

sort of trying not to use this website as just another vehicle for self-promotion, but i got off some good lines in this piece, so, you know, screw it

I’ve Been a Ballpark Beer Vendor for Two Decades. I Have a Theory About My Sales Decline This Year... The job is a very good one. But something’s off this year.

As the only Wrigley beer vendor currently on Bluesky (probably), I feel obliged to lead the discourse on the very important question of why my sales are down this year: slate.com/business/2023/07/beer-sa...

found one guys

time to eat a gallon of grape-nut ice cream and watch "1776," as per tradition

by which i mean tall ships related content

i think i've discovered what i'm going to use this website for

those tall ships really lifted the nation's spirits after watergate