Seattle, in case you don’t follow our local politics, has got a mayoral election going on. (Technically it was last Tuesday, but they’re still counting the ballots.)
It’s a fairly interesting election, as elections go, if only because we junked the good-for-nothing incumbent in the primary, mostly on account of his failure (“think of the [...]

This week’s New Republic features Larry Lessig’s new screed Against Transparency: The perils of openness in government.
The essay is approximately a jillion words long and doesn’t make any sense. As best as I can tell, here are its salient points:
1. Transparency will negatively impact “faith in our political system.”
2. You [...]

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Committee announced Friday that its newest inductee was San Francisco 49ers wide receiever Michael Crabtree, just three days into his NFL career, “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen cooperation between owners and agents.”
The award cited in particular Mr. Crabtree’s effort to reduce the correlation between draft position and [...]

Last night, at my friend Cesar’s behest, I watched Keith Olbermann’s “Comment” on health care reform.
In fact, in order not to miss the program, I changed the channel to MSNBC several minutes early, where I was treated to a discussion of Archie comics and a “debate” over whether the 16th-century Amerindians were actually clamoring for [...]