At least the editors of Salon don’t have the gall to put this crap behind the “premium” barrier. You know, $30 can buy, like, maybe four drinks if you don’t leave a tip. And that “e-book” by John Dean about Deep Throat was a complete rip-off, too.

Remind me again why I subscribe to Harper’s? Oh, yeah, it’s because that “I hate America” editor they have over there needs to eat once in a while.

This piece from Matt Welch reminds me of some former employees of mine who could rattle off the most arcane statistics of World Series match-ups that occurred decades before they were born but couldn’t remember what I asked them to do earlier that morning.

What is it about the Upper West Side that makes people so crabby? [Too many qualified links.]

Boy, I hope I never raise the ire of Bob Somerby of the Daily Howler. Today’s installment was almost--almost--too painful to watch. Ditto Lisa English of Ruminate This, because this piece was just, like, ouch.

There’s been an awful lot of unconstructive name-calling going on at FrontPage Magazine lately. And here I thought Ann Coulter said conservatives didn’t do that kind of thing.

So the BlogJam was just one great big rousing success, wasn’t it?

Yeah, I know, innocent until proved guilty and all that, but gee whiz, sometimes, you know?