RELOCATED FROM ALTHOUSE2: "So, your blog goes down right after being reported as a cesspool of [misogyny] and homophobia? Hmmmmm . . ."

Says LawGirl, over in the "weasel" post. The anonymous professor who emailed lawprof Brian Leiter to attack my commentariat said ...

What Alfred Hitchcock tells us about whether Obama should show us the bullet-ridden head of Osama bin Laden.

Here's the fantastic "I think you're evil!" clip from Hitchcock's "The Birds": I Think You're Evil! by ...

The Good Habits of an Ideal Boy.

Titus emails this photo of a poster on a shop door in Brattleboro, Vermont. (Click photo to enlarge and read.)

Obama drops to 49%.

"Of the post-World War II presidents, Obama now is the fourth fastest to drop below the majority approval level, doing so in his 10th m...

The Needles Vlog.

I'm not needling you . I'm thanking you.

"You are also a paid astrotroller."

A comment on the "Brokaw's bizarre" post that got me wondering. I know what an astrotroll/astrotroller is (and it hasn't ...

Why are art critics so mean to artists?

A sensitive reader of art criticism -- "close to tears after reading yet another disrespectful, humiliating passage in this week’s pap...

What's with the Abercrombie & Fitch product placement in Obama's "concession" speech last night?

Thanks to Toby, a commenter on the previous post , for this observation: Somewhat off topic, but did anyone else notice the people behind Ob...