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When Karaoke Goes Wrong

The story goes like this: the combination of gin and microphones caused in me a social imbalance the upshot of which led to (among other things) a certainty in the sufferer's recollection of violent rap lyrics and the loud...

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The New World

In the lead up to the New World, I took my show on the road. First, in the small revolution, I quit my job. I cleaned the bar one last time, I walked out in the middle of the...

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Stay Tuned.

Updates from the road just as soon as I can catch my breath....

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From the Atlantic

Why I'm Not Blogging More About Gaza by Jeffrey Goldberg Andrew Sullivan just asked me (live, not on e-mail; bloggers at the Atlantic actually talk to each other) why I haven't been posting more on Gaza. The simple answer is...

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Thoughts on Gaza

The morning was already gone, like a person dissembling, and it had left without waking me, which was, in some ways, a relief. A neighbor made eggs for me and her boyfriend and we watched football until the game...

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Middle Eastern Mad Libs

Here's an update from Gaza...from where I am not reporting....I have not boarded a plane, I have not hopped on a train....I will be staying right here in New York where its cold and the violence is much more...

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