Liberal Talk Radio

The only thing weirder than Paul Giamatti playing John Adams is that the Postal Service is using the miniseries to extol the virtues of letterwriting:
HBO and the Postal Service are joining forces for the first time to co-sponsor a multimillion-dollar multimedia campaign that is intended to evoke the pleasures of sitting right down and writing [...]

[Fear not, no real spoilers to follow...]
In an interview with Salon, The Wire creator David Simon defends himself against the complaint that the fifth season of the show doesn’t address the role of the internet in the decline of newspapers:
If you’re saying that there needed to be scenes of the Internet interacting with journalism [...]

On the topic of Client 9, from the U.S. Attorney’s press release (.pdf):
According to the Website, the Emperors Club charged $1,000 per hour for a three-diamond prostitute, and $3,100 per hour for a seven-diamond prostitute. The Website also offered the Emperors Club’s most valued clients “membership” in the “Icon Club,” a status which allowed the [...]

I didn’t see this one coming. Maybe the New Yorkers who hang out here feel differently?
Update: Looks like it wasn’t just the New Yorkers who were expecting something like this. Check out Matski’s post below for a more informed take on this story.

Well, much as I hate to revel in another’s misfortune [really, 'tis true], I feel it’s important to point out the hypocritical douchbaggery of Left as well as Right. So in the spirit of reveling in the downfall of Ted Haggard, let’s pause ten seconds to contemplate Eliot “I’m Rich but I Hate Myself [...]

Clinton brings a wealth of foreign policy experience to the table:
Susan Rice, a foreign policy adviser to Obama, mocked Clinton for her claim of having made a corkscrew landing into Bosnia under the threat of sniper fire, when, as Rice pointed out, she made the trip with Chelsea, Sheryl Crow and Sinbad.
“In fact, it was [...]

If you feel that maintaining a disciplined operation is an important characteristic for a president or a presidential administration to have, then Senator Clinton may worry you:
The divisions in her campaign over strategy and communications — and the dislike many of her advisers had for one another — poured out into public as Mrs. Clinton [...]

In which my book purchase betrays my campaign bias.

Clinton seems to be winning by forcing the resignation of intelligent, competent people who know their areas of specialization inside and out, but who make fundamental mistakes in the political arena, such as not placing candid opinions off the record before making them. Simultaneously, Clinton has consistently succeeded in retaining most of the geniuses who [...]