Author: Alan Vanneman

Pseudo-liberal Matt Yglesias, who seems to be taking up union-busting in his old age, has this to say about the long-overdue arrival of Walmart into Washington, DC. “The United Food and Commercial Workers are at the center of the labor alliance against Walmart, and it’s no coincidence. UFCW represents workers at the region’s Safeway and…

Joe Lovano and Us Five, featuring James Weidman, piano, Esperanza Spalding, bass, and Otis Brown III and Francisco Mela, percussion. Posted by tygertrap

George Will—or “George F. Will,” as they like to call him at the Gabbing Geezer—when he isn’t sniffing and harrumphing over the “unraveling” of the Obama administration, sometimes gets it right. A case in point is a recent column on the administration’s recent agreement with Iran regarding its nuclear program. After directing a variety of…

Yeah, it took a while to get this thing looking like something, but thanks to Tomboy I’m presentable. Posts will start soon.

And, yes, every woman too. Thanks to the Internet, we can all rap to our hearts’ delight on what’s cool. I do it at the Bright Lights Film Journal, most of the time, but why be ruled by an editor’s whims when you can just speak your mind whenever you please? The only trick is,…

I recently ridiculed Dave for writing a column that basically quoted Chris Christie at length about how much black people love him and how much he loves New Jersey, ending with Dave himself telling us how “grown men” teared up at the big guy’s rap. Well, today Dave redeems himself, pointing out how the lamestream…

It’s amusing to see so many establishment conservatives, and establishment liberals, rushing to embrace Chris Christie for “showing Republicans how to win.” In a post written just before the election, Ramesh Ponnuru said that “Christie has also avoided taking unpopular socially conservative stands on issues that aren’t live debates, and taken the occasional opportunity to…

What’s Obama’s problem? The Wash Post’s Dana Milbank “explains”: In one account of what even administration officials acknowledge is a debacle, the Wall Street Journal reported that Obama’s policy advisers were aware long ago that the president’s promise that “if you like your insurance plan, you will keep it” wouldn’t hold up. “White House policy…

Monk’s tune dedicated to his wife, played first by Jason Moran (piano), Tarus Mateen (bass), and Nasheef Waits (drums) and then by Mark Turner (sax), David Virelles (piano), Ben Street (bass), and Paul Motian (drums). Posted by netta07a