For the second time in my life I have done something I never figured I’d be able to do.
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The Pandemic Diary: Woodward and Trump
Irony defined: Bob Woodward’s final major act on the public stage could very well be one in which he argues that, when it came to tapes incriminating the President of the United States, it was the right thing to conceal them rather than to release them.
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“Medallion Status” and waking up from a comfortable sleep
This is a book review. And more.
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Announcing: Cup of Coffee
I am launching a new daily newsletter that will give you a quick, entertaining, and informative one-stop daily baseball briefing before you have your first cup of coffee.
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I got laid off, y’all
As most people know by now, earlier this week NBCUniversal launched a massive round of layoffs that are expected to affect 10% of the company’s 35,000 full-time staffers. The cuts are coming from across the board and include the broadcast networks it operates, Universal Studios and the Universal Studios theme parks, and its digital properties. […]
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“How the pandemic defeated America”
A must-read piece in The Atlantic thoroughly and comprehensively explains all of the ways in which America has failed.
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RIP “Only a Game”
The best sports show to ever hit the airwaves is going to end in September.
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We are a nation at war
Tonight the president ordered peaceful protesters fired upon in service of a photo op. And of something far more sinister.
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The Pandemic Diary: April 26
Nobody walks in L.A.
Read more“Maybe we’d be just better off if we gave [coronavirus] to everybody, and then in a month it would be over because the mortality rate of this probably isn’t going to be any different if we did it that way than the long-term picture, but the difference is we’re wreaking havoc on global and domestic economies.”
This is your brain on capitalism.