Where Was I Going With That?

Been too long.

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So I was reading Oliver North’s Wikipedia page, as one does, and I learned that he lives in McLean, Virginia—where I work. Weird.

In my experience, which is somewhat limited, it’s not to difficult a thing to not dress in blackface. Maybe I had wildly different college and/or young adult experiences than these Virginia politicians—I mean I probably did—but I haven’t ever even known anybody who’d even alluded to thinking about it.[1]

How the Case for Voter Fraud Was Tested—and Utterly Failed Permalink
Jessica Huseman

I find it rather enjoyable to see a person as odious as Kris Kobach get relentlessly owned, over and over again.

Tony's Compass Permalink
Alan Siegal

Much has been said about Anthony Bourdain, but it’s interesting to hear from the people who knew him best.

More Than Five Decades After Lisa Lane's Success, Equality Still Eludes Women in Chess Permalink
Emma Baccellieri

I’ll admit that I saw/read this article only because I was familiar with the author.

How the IRS Was Gutted Permalink
Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisinger

I really like this piece,[2] it, aside from being well written, made me think about how under appreciated an agency the I.R.S. is. It’s such an easy enemy, cause who likes the I.R.S.? Nobody wants to be that senator or representative, the one who really wants to make sure that everybody follows the rules.

Also, I read a book written by one of the authors, The Chickenshit Club, and it was really good.

Priyanka Chopra Isn't a Scammer, She's Just Way More Famous Than Mainstream American Media Grasps Permalink
Prachi Gupta

Uh, so this one seems—to me at least—rather out of place. Just some celebrity gossip type junk; just some pop culture pap.[3]

I don’t really care, or think, about Nick Jonas all that often; I’ll pause here to let that revelation sink in.

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Priyanka Chopra, on the other hand, is someone who I have thought about in my life.[4] I’m pretty sure that I watched most of the first season of Quantico. I don’t really know where I was originally going with this…, anyways, enjoyed the article.

  1. Wrote that paragraph like three weeks ago, when this was relevant. ↩︎

  2. That should probably be self-evident, I guess. ↩︎

  3. Not that there’s anything wrong with pop culture generally. Or anything wrong with pap. ↩︎

  4. I know that sounded pretty creepy, bear with me. ↩︎