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Politics
October 16, 2008
Everything but Also the Kitchen Sink
Down by double digits in several major polls, John McCain needed to really shake things up in the final presidential debate Wednesday night, even if it meant employing some risky strategies. While most instant analysis shows that his tactics backfired, it wasn't for lack of trying. In fact, you might say McCain "threw the kitchen sink" at his rival.
Non-Motivational
October 15, 2008
The Non-Motivational Speaker Series Returns October 23
Indulge your fantasies of The Wire at this month's Non-Motivational Speaker Series event, returning to the Lower East Side on Thursday, October 23, at 8 p.m. Breaking literary kneecaps are Peter Moskos, criminologist and author of Cop in the Hood, a book chronicling his life as a police offer in Baltimore City's notorious Eastern District; freelance NY Post photojournalist and creator of Courthouse Confessions Steven Hirsch; and crime novelist and editor of the acclaimed Brooklyn Noir short story anthologies Tim McLoughlin.
Full article » | by Adam Rosen
Sports
October 14, 2008
Stop Monkeying Around
Proving once again that American sporting events are comparatively civilized affairs, Spanish soccer club Atletico Madrid just received the toughest penalty ever for racism. That's right—a penalty for racism. The club, which was scheduled to host an upcoming match against Liverpool, will see the match moved to a neutral location at least 300 kilometers from Madrid. Finding out exactly what the club did to deserve this penalty is difficult.
Sports
October 13, 2008
Big-Nuts Brown
Browns tight end Kellen Winslow is in the hospital and will miss Monday night's game against the Giants. But why? Aside from noting that "his arms and legs are not falling off," nobody associated with the Browns seems willing to discuss it—which has led to speculation that another appendage of his has not fallen off, but blown up.
Internet
October 10, 2008
2001: A Search Odyssey
To celebrate the by-now-probably-evil company's tenth anniversary, Google has recreated its search engine from January 2001. For those of you who have forgotten the halcyon days of the pre-9/11 world, the Dow was still above 10,000, "social networking" had little to do with the internet, and George W. Bush wanted to pursue a "humble" foreign policy. Though we're hardly the first to try it, Gelf decided to look up some current search terms in Google's wayback machine.
Politics
October 10, 2008
Folking Up on Ayers
Lately, people have been paying a lot of attention to Sarah Palin's words (or "verbage"), and one of her favorite talking points has been Bill Ayers and his ties to Barack Obama. Back in August, Gelf shed some light on the Obama-Ayers connection, and the documentary The Weather Underground, arguing that the overlooked film offered "a complicated sketch of a complicated problem." While Palin's new accusations are based on no new evidence, it's worthwhile to take look a back at the issue, just in case you're one of those late-breaking, unicorn-riding "uninformed voters."
Media
October 9, 2008
Don't Blink Now
What do Sarah Palin, Red Sox starter Jon Lester, the Chicago Bears, and the Carolina Panthers have in common? They don't blink. Ordinary humans—or lily-livered elitists—may move their eyelids in the face of challenges like winning the American League pennant or running for vice president, but ace pitchers and steely-nerved hockey moms can face such things with their eyeballs pried open like a torture victim.
Politics
October 5, 2008
"Friends" Don't Let Friends Not Vote
MTV has been telling us that voting is cool for a decade. Diddy took it one step further in the last presidential election, threatening bodily harm if we didn't exercise our democratic right. Now the next wave, a seemingly slapped-together push, caked in desperation, has been released upon the masses: A viral plea from some of Tinsel Town's brightest to get your X-box-lovin' tuchus out and vote (preferably, we assume, for the junior senator from Illinois).
Full article » | by Max Lakin
Varsity Letters
October 2, 2008
October 2: Gelf's Varsity Letters
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns to New York on Thursday, October 2, at 8 p.m. At this free monthly event at a Lower East Side bar, hosted by Gelf, Jeff Pearlman, Kate Torgovnick, and Ralph Vacchiano will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Pearlman will describe the glory days and party nights of the 1990s Cowboys dynasty, Torgovnick will go inside the world of cheerleading, and Vacchiano will chronicle Eli Manning's championship season. Plus: Todd Gallagher will challenge Michael Phelps to a two-man sports competition.
Politics
September 26, 2008
Trials and Tribunations
Print media, much like the stock market, is suffering in part because of ill-informed speculation and your friends' goddamned negativity. All journalists need to do to save the industry is stand up and show some confidence. Confidence like the 115-page class-action lawsuit being filed by current and former LA Times writers against Tribune Co. czar Sam Zell, which cites, among other things, his systematic ruining of their lives and the lives of their children.
Full article » | by Max Lakin
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