Studs Terkel
R.I.P.
Oct 31st
Solid advice.
“Learn how to read polls correctly: Too many people live and die by the fluctuations of polls,...
Oct 31st
Oct 31st
I had no idea just how committed Osama bin Laden was to...
Oct 31st
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I remember they used to play this on 120 Minutes almost every week.
Oct 31st
A couple of years ago when one of my favorite people in the...
Oct 31st
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“In a just world, bloggers like Balk and Sicha would be rock stars, but the powers that be...
Oct 31st
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Oct 30th
"Talk to them Yankees with the cooters,...
“Lieberman has remained a reliable Democratic vote on domestic matters, however, and holds...
Oct 30th
Al Qaeda on same page as American...
Qaeda wants Republicans, Bush “humiliated”
Oct 30th
The case for optimism.
Just kidding! There isn’t one.
Oct 30th
Yeah, because what you want to do with...
Conde Nast Portfolio, the monthly business magazine that launched in April of last year, will cut...
Oct 30th
I am hoping for at least a few...
The case to be heard first on Tuesday is, in fact, about profanity — what two widely used, vulgar...
Oct 30th
Can the emergence of "Joe The Gay" be...
Sen. Bond Warns Palin Crowd That Obama Wants Judges Who Empathize With “The Gay”
Oct 30th
There’s something oddly transfixing about this series...
Oct 30th
Texas, where a quarter of voters think...
Oct 30th
ericasavestheday:
urg:nevver: Morning in America
My...
Oct 30th
Comedy is hard.
King: “You’re flying over the Pacific between nowhere and nowhere. There’s an...
Oct 30th
Drop.
The longest American shopping spree on record is over. The Commerce Department reported this...
Oct 30th
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This one’s been going through my head all week.
Oct 30th
There is so much here to love.
Some artists say no matter how the 74-year-old Edelson frames this argument, he is one of an...
Oct 29th
Man, it is ugly out there. It occurs to me that it might...
Oct 29th
These things happen.
“Schlesselman’s sister, Kayla, told reporters outside her family’s Arkansas home...
Oct 29th
"Hey, shmuck, you can get it free on the...
“Stop and think about where you are reading this column. If you are one of the million or so...
Oct 29th
Holy crap, it’s like we’re voting for president...
Oct 29th
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Took her bowling, got her high
Oct 29th
Not a problem!
Oct 28th
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Oct 28th
Even if the reason you’ve lost your job is completely...
Oct 28th
Didn't he ramble.
Got an hour? Good, couple things: We didn’t have a chance to do a formal goodbye, and,...
Oct 27th
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Good morning!
Oct 27th
Holy fuck, these things are much harder to assemble than...
Oct 24th
If last week’s quiz was like Jeopardy, this...
Oct 24th
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This is a song called “A Part of Me.”
Oct 24th
I went to the "and I..." well twice...
But I think the second one was worth it.
Oct 23rd
Alan Greenspan: "Sorry 'bout that."
Who is Alan Greenspan channeling in his kind-of apology? The answer may surprise you. Or not. You...
Oct 23rd
Yeah, The Unforgettable Hire is lame....
Beyond the Bono stuff, there’s a whole lot of great color in this, particularly for media...
Oct 23rd
There are jewels in the crown of...
“What makes the letter so unusual is that Mr. Rothschild is an old friend of Mr. Osborne. At...
Oct 23rd
Sex, Apple, Sex, Sex, Baseball: Radar looks like the psyche...
Oct 23rd
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Remember when these were the new kids? Jesus.
Oct 23rd
Vindication
For a long time it was a toss-up between her and Bob Shrum, but, either way, Susan Estrich is 13...
Oct 23rd
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When people ask me—and they do, with surprising frequency—”Alex, what’s wrong with the...
Oct 22nd
Related: How to keep your toddler from dressing like a slut...
Oct 22nd
When Sarah Met Woody
Sarah had it all: a great job, a bright future, God’s love, and the kind of expensive wardrobe...
Oct 22nd
Heh.
“If Sarah Palin’s $150,000 wardrobe had a life of its own, it would get a tax cut from a...
Oct 22nd
Ad nauseam.
This is an ad about old people who love gambling and telling their wives to shut up. It is from...
Oct 22nd
Rambling man.
Honestly, this kind of thing happens all the time, particularly toward the end of a long campaign....
Oct 22nd
Al Qaeda: Vote McCain
If I were Al Qaeda I would have gone with something more like, “Barack Obama may have palled...
Oct 22nd
Ignore the obvious. What exactly is happening in the...
Oct 22nd
This billboard kinda looks like the cover of some soul-jazz...
Oct 22nd
What You Have to Believe If You Still...
In my book, Steve Kornacki is one of the biggest winners in this election. Just excellent analysis...
Oct 22nd
Sarah Palin, Constitutional Scholar
I am, of course, kidding here: You should be very, very afraid.
Oct 21st
The wisdom of experience.
If anyone tells you that Faulkner’s original title for The Sound And The Fury was Minnows In...
Oct 21st
Oct 21st
8 Ways Gay Marriage Hurts You
Meet The Hip Young People Who Hate Gay Marriage
Oct 21st
One of the highlights of this election...
has been the emergence of Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) as the public face of the GOP’s...
Oct 21st
"I just don't like BLACK people is all."
“In this hardscrabble town, tucked in the southwestern corner of the state within Fayette...
Oct 21st
You should have seen some of the profile pictures that...
Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
You couldn't make it up and why would...
Warming up a crowd in North Carolina Saturday, Republican Rep. Robin Hayes offered the diagnosis...
Oct 20th
perpetua:
Max Tundra may be the first musician to ever...
Oct 20th
The Man With The Two Thumbs
So I finally got around to reading that Andrew Sullivan “I, Blogger” deal in the...
Oct 20th
Even more Sarah Palin swimsuit footage!
Now with hot hot hot review action!
Oct 20th
Some days it seems like the whole point of the Internet is...
Oct 20th
Go Rays. Or Phillies! I mean, I'm an AL...
I’m fortunate enough that have the book on my desk, and tonight I’m going to take it...
Oct 20th
Hug Me While I Weep For I Weep For The...
The explosion of drug-related violence in Mexico has caught the attention of the country’s...
Oct 20th
(via bullshit)
Oct 20th
“Is America on the verge of turning into a nation of...
Oct 20th
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Best cover they’ve ever done.
Oct 20th
This is the dumbest fucking thing I've...
“Rush Limbaugh said Colin Powell’s decision to get behind Barack Obama appeared to be...
Oct 19th
“After turning Homer’s epic poem ‘The...
Oct 19th
Finally, the most moving part of Powell’s ‘Meet...
Oct 19th
Punishment enough.
The reason I don’t write fiction—I mean, apart from talent and temperament—is that I would spend my...
Oct 19th
Joe the Peeler
More here. This story has been done several times before (try this Vanity Fair version, which is...
Oct 19th
Uh, no. No it's not.
“Journalism is not brain surgery; it’s more difficult than that,’ said Andrew Cline, an...
Oct 19th
The next time I get caught taking a dump...
“Jay Matsueda, who might also answer to the name energy anorexic, or carborexic, has neither...
Oct 19th
Sweet Mother of Christ.
The Boston Red Sox really are this decade’s Houston Rockets, aren’t they?
Oct 19th
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If you are in the midst of that mood where you feel like there’s a bit too much attraction...
Oct 19th
“The worst thing you can say about libertarians is that they...”
— Jacob Weisberg teaches the...
— Jacob Weisberg teaches the...
Oct 19th
This is something I should have done a long time ago....
Oct 18th
In case, like me, you missed this...
go watch the insanely talented Molly McAleer’s final Defamer To Do. In case, unlike me, you...
Oct 18th
Did you know...
KarenUhOh has a tumblr? Well, now you do.
Oct 17th
When Mike Murphy is your most recognizable figure,...
Oct 17th
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Oct 17th
She also used to say, "Well, I'm not...
When my grandmother was still alive I’d try to call her every week just to check in. I’d...
Oct 16th
Joe the Plumber
Not the real Joe the Plumber, not even a real plumber. I don’t even trust the...
Oct 16th
Oct 16th
Doesn't NYU economics professor Nouriel...
Oct 16th
That was the easy part.
How Obama won the debates. I wanted to put a line in here about how Obama will ultimately owe his...
Oct 16th
I wanted the deck for this one to be something like...
Oct 16th
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For the plumber
Oct 16th
Still angry.
“Will Bower, co-founder and spokesman for puma08.com and Just Say No Deal assures Radar that...
Oct 15th
It's bad enough that he even thought it.
rickyv: From: Jeff Rubin Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 11:21 AM To: Josh Abramson; ...
Oct 15th
A prayer for our age.
Father, protect us, for we are afraid. Our path is beset by bad faith and ominous portents. When we...
Oct 15th
Here’s our Amanda Knox piece from the current issue
Oct 15th
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Brief conveyance aboard celeritous contraption
Oct 15th
Estrogen brigades
Spinster blogger loooves Don Draper
Oct 15th
It depends on what your definition of “wow” is.
Oct 14th
The Bradys: Portrait Of A Family In...
The whole post is great, but K-Ray takes the day with this opener: As Marcia Brady, Maureen...
Oct 14th
Today’s feature. Also, I was off yesterday...
Oct 14th
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Was anyone ever able to combine pathos with unintentional comedy quite as well as O.V. Wright?
Oct 14th
Beyond belief.
Did Obama Write “Dreams from My Father” … Or Did Ayers? I expected panic and...
Oct 12th
“[F]or those keeping score at home, the McCain campaign has now referenced the senator’s...
Oct 12th
Palin supporter displays racist Obama Monkey and flaunts it outside of Palin rally in Johnstown ,...
Oct 12th
“The reason Rove continues to survive is the same reason that...”
— Until Matt Taibbi has some...
— Until Matt Taibbi has some...
Oct 12th
Three against one.
10:29. The security is tightening and the program is starting with the patriotic rituals that...
Oct 11th
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The Three Shadows
Oct 11th
“According to Michael Elliott, the British-born editor of...”
— Lionel Barber on the future of...
— Lionel Barber on the future of...
Oct 11th
I don’t watch Mad Men, but a lot of people have told...
Oct 11th
Issues like hating black people, racism,...
“McCain spokesman Brian Rogers pushes back against the storyline of rabid McCain crowds, and...
Oct 10th
Who doesn't love a good Linda Greenhouse...
Linda Greenhouse, legendary New York Times reporter looks back on three decades chronicling the...
Oct 10th
“It took Democrats 12 years to recover from Jimmy...”
— Peter Feld explains that some...
— Peter Feld explains that some...
Oct 10th
Cut the crap.
“GOOD thing the Clash broke up years ago, because they’d probably be playing Vegas and...
Oct 10th
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Don’t even ask.
Oct 10th
Dean Reynolds less popular with media...
AMC is on the scene.
Oct 9th
Sarah Palin's war.
Coop examines the Alaska governor’s most-hated foe.
Oct 9th
When you rub mine together they play the...
Great lead: “It turns out that testicles are good for more than just making babies, supplying...
Oct 9th
The lovely and talented Ms. Cox and her...
discuss that appalling Dean Reynolds story (note: this is the cleaned up version for Radar readers,...
Oct 9th
As one grows older and discovers that truths once held as...
Oct 9th
Can you tell the difference between real upcoming movies and...
Oct 9th
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I miss Kirsty.
Oct 9th
Oct 8th
Seriously? These people think you're...
“Rather than an unrehearsed town hall meeting, the Commission on Presidential Debates let NBC...
Oct 8th
throwing a monkey paw punch slap
natashavc: i once tried to punch/smack a chick in 12th grade who kept putting my name in her...
Oct 8th
I've never heard of Dean Reynolds...
so he very well may not be the kind of colossal twat who spouts on about the valuable role of the...
Oct 8th
I would have gone with "Your mouth can't...
Paige offers Jamie Lynn Spears some birth control tips.
Oct 8th
A Fable
IN the market one summer’s day a Grasshopper was house-hunting, chirping and singing to his heart’s...
Oct 8th
This, that, and the other.
Why McCain called Obama “that one” last night. When the whole thing went down I...
Oct 8th
AMC sits down with John McCain.
Oct 8th
The wisdom of The Corner.
“This was not a great night for our team. It’s up to the 527’s now I think. I...
Oct 8th
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Hadn’t listened to this one in a while but put it on the other day. What a great record. Also?...
Oct 8th
Flurry of late-day posts
Choire had a video gallery of paid campaign advisers doubling as experts. Neel discovered why...
Oct 7th
McCain/Palin supporters keeping Secret...
Secret Service Looking Into Potential Threat Against Obama
Oct 7th
Will Oliver Stone fuck it up for Obama?
Anyone who’s seen the trailer for W by now is well aware that the picture presents that...
Oct 7th
One of the great things about this...
is that you can spout off on something you have absolutely no qualifications for discussing and no...
Oct 7th
Killing the goose that laid the golden...
In the latest instance of inflammatory outbursts at McCain-Palin rallies, a crowd member screamed...
Oct 7th
Consistency
It’s overrated.
Oct 7th
In my vast years of blogging...
I’ve found the number two way to engender hate mail from humorless sub-literates is to refer ...
Oct 7th
Ray Kelly, gadget freak.
Or something. This item just has too much weirdness in it to find the proper angle to latch onto.
Oct 7th
maura:
lynda barry is funk queen of here, there, and...
Oct 7th
And after everything West Side did for...
“FEW New Yorkers know who Major Deegan was, even though the Bronx expressway leading to the...
Oct 7th
Uh, there’s something you don’t see every day.
Oct 7th
Your fuel efficiency will, of necessity, alter dependent...
Oct 7th
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That last thing? Shhh. Just watch this.
Oct 7th
My barely concealed emo side. (I WILL be...
I reckon most of us know someone who has committed suicide. I reckon a good number of us are someone...
Oct 7th
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Sad Song
Oct 7th
Perspective
Number of posts I’ve written so far in my first year at Radar: About 650 Number of posts in...
Oct 6th
Yeah, I went with the hackneyed ovaries joke, but this...
Oct 6th
Still more Palin pageant.
Today: the evening gown competition.
Oct 6th
Blaze of glory.
Maureen Tkacik goes out in one. Yeah, it’s long, and yeah, you actually have to read closely...
Oct 6th
This is what happens when you're NOT...
I woke up this morning feeling incredibly groggy; for a brief couple of moments I thought it was...
Oct 6th
Yeah, remember how sad George H.W. Bush...
“Most troubling, however, is how allowing racism to creep into the discussion serves...
Oct 5th
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This song is pretty much guaranteed to make me cry every time. Maybe it’s the thought of...
Oct 5th
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Have a weekend.
Oct 3rd
Jonno? REALLY?
Understanding the Gawker Media layoffs. Or, at least, trying to.
Oct 3rd
Possibly the best movie review lead...
“I’m not such a big fan of movies with lots of raping!”
Oct 3rd
Blood on the floor at Gawker Media.
Honestly, you hate to see something like this happen.
Oct 3rd
Sarah Palin supporters:
Almost as bright as their candidate!
Oct 3rd
Finally, something more confusing than alternate side...
Oct 3rd
Shut up, you'll ruin it for all of us!
“Imagine a small art gallery, where the owner carefully chooses 10 pieces that go on display...
Oct 3rd
chrismohney:
You know what? FUCK YOU, MAVERICK. Fuck you...
Oct 3rd
America, America.
“‘If you’re going to attract attention, at least make sure your spelling is...
Oct 3rd
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Oct 3rd
"News" organization pretends that it...
OMG, it is all true! No one at Radar DID speak to the Flynt people! Ya fucking sad-ass ignoramuses!
Oct 3rd
I'm drunk today, and I'm seldom sober.
“Chief of Police Ray Kelley said, ‘The Post without Dunleavy is like Smith without...
Oct 2nd
Excuse me while I pimp this out.
Afternoon Radar: I offer tips to the veeps on debate night, Choire examines the culture of life, we...
Oct 2nd
Still a few hours to go...
but I’m pretty sure Neel wins the day with this report on the Sarah Palin porn movie.
Oct 2nd
Blog Idol
The sad fact of the matter is that this is probably the only thing my “career” has...
Oct 2nd
And also if it isn't lifted.
“Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Thursday that he would support changing the term...
Oct 2nd
“Mostly, it’ll be about us talking about blowjobs and...”
— Fashion icon Mary Rambin...
— Fashion icon Mary Rambin...
Oct 2nd
Let 1000 Palin parodies bloom.
Couric: Do you know what time of day the evening is? Palin: Sure. I was fortunate enough to grow...
Oct 2nd
Taserings even more fatal now.
I think Choire’s morning round-ups are developing into the most indispensable part of the...
Oct 2nd
Robert Lanham goes out of his way to piss off the broads.
Oct 2nd
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If I’ve had a good day this is the song I hear in my head as I drift off to sleep.
Oct 2nd
So is this like Barack Obama Is Your New Bicycle or...
Oct 1st
nickmcglynn:
The Gawker roof gets furniture!
Or as...
Oct 1st
Earworms.
If you find yourself unable to clear that accursed Sarah Palin flute song from your head, have a...
Oct 1st
Annals of terrible management.
I was referring to Balk’s tendency to assign increasingly wild and random story ideas to...
Oct 1st
There are filler items, and there are...
and then there are items that you run no matter the merit because OMG how CUTE are those kids?
Oct 1st
Can someone please tell me how to piss...
“We don’t believe it for a second, since the bitterness between the two goes way back....
Oct 1st
Not afraid to be serviced
Oct 1st
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D.R.I.N.K.
Oct 1st