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It occurred to me recently that I spend a good bit of my homeless hours networking.

I’ve been away from the beach for a few days now, but when I’m there, I have a pretty well-defined routine. I get up at 5 or 5:30 am, hit the Starbucks and make myself charmingly memorable . . . → Read More: Networking

He’s a drug store truck drivin’ man …

I miss Richard Nixon. He was an evil motherfucker and everyone knew it, even his friends and family and die-hard supporters, with the possible exception of Bill Safire, the exception who proves the rule. Nixon was responsible for one of the great advances in political culture, the removal of the concept of “shame” from . . . → Read More: He’s a drug store truck drivin’ man …

Smallpox-infected blankets as an election strategy

“If you take out the Indian reservation, we would have won.” – Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, on Democrat Stephanie Herseth’s victory in the South Dakota special congressional election held Tuesday.

I noted the comment Wednesday over at Slate, and suggested maybe Davis would want to nuke . . . → Read More: Smallpox-infected blankets as an election strategy