It was clear fairly immediately that the political goal of the attacks on September 11th was to undermine the American empire. Sitting here less than a quarter...

I didn't think I'd keep reflecting on this day, but somehow I can't. It's been with me for most of my lifetime that I can remember, and perhaps more importantl...

Every year, for twenty years now, I've written an observance of this day. Sometimes it's for myself, sometimes it's for the small cohort of folks who've checke...

A while back, when I wrote out in plain words that we have a politically dominant death cult ruling America right now, I worried about the risks of saying my...

A significant percentage of conservative culture in America defines “freedom” as death. This is causing a lot more problems right now than even its usual horri...

There are kids now who are old enough to go fight in wars that were justified back when they still had their umbilical cords attached. For them, the attacks ar...

For the first decade after the attacks, I basically didn’t go anywhere near that part of downtown. A business meeting would take me a few blocks away, and I’d...

We’ve been saying “never forget” for so long that we don’t even know why we’re saying it. At JFK airport, panic over… nothing. On the other side of the country...

Every single day, almost every mainstream news source in America offers live updates throughout the day on a few metrics which have almost no meaning for most...

This morning, I was extraordinarily excited to get to witness Mayor Bloomberg and our city’s new Chief Digital Office Rachel Sterne unveil New York City’s “Roa...

This year, as every year, I pause for a personal ritual of observing where I am today compared to where I was, and where we all were, on this day in 2001. I’m...

Over the past two and a half decades, the Weather Channel built itself into a $3.5 billion company on the strength of information that’s largely available for...

A few months ago, I started as director of “Expert Labs”: http://expertlabs.org/ , a new independent non-profit effort with the goal of improving government by...

From Paul Ford’s “ $5 Chocolate Bar “: Brooklyn has squandered the treasures she brought with her when she burst out of her father’s brain. She’s thinking,...

I get asked by a lot of people for tips on what to do when visiting New York City, and though I’m hardly an expert on NYC tourism, I thought I’d take the time...

Some say the story of people Googling random phrases is the story of America . Other disagree. So what, then, is the story of America? Captain Kirk’s st...

In 2001, I checked in with everyone on the morning of the attacks , and then again that night before I finally went to bed . In 2002, I reflected on what...

I can’t see the date anywhere today without just stopping, freezing in my tracks. It surprises me it’s still that close to the surface, even after four years....

New York Changing is a fascinating then-and-now series of photographs showing how Manhattan has changed over the last century. Thanks to Jason for the link...

…I still don’t miss living in your backwards-ass bastion of superstitious idiocy . Just wanted to let you know....

Just a quick note to my few friends in Spain… I had my first chance to visit your beautiful country last year, and though I didn’t get to Madrid, I did get to...

Given the fact that the area I was born and raised in is the area that elected Rick Santorum , it suddenly becomes much easier to explain why that part of Pen...

Someday all the former isolationists, these strident libertarians, who have suddenly seemed to have grown a global conscience these last few weeks and started...

Since I’ve already started to get a good number of people emailing and asking questions in regards to the Media Matters segment on weblogs, I thought I shoul...

It seems that the conventional wisdom right now is that liberals need an answer to the rising success of conservative media pundits, in order to get their me...

I was born and raised outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A few weeks ago, an editor of The Patriot-News , the local paper, asked me for my thoughts regardin...

Part of Anil’s platform in 2004 will be lobbying for protected status for Straw Men, given the recent rash of hate crimes and hate speech directed their way. I...

Happy Birthday, United States of America. And thank you....

Quite possibly the best news I’ve heard in ages, and one that gives me hope for the eradication of an affront that has tormented me since I was in grade school...

Bill Maher , talking to Larry King about the opportunity for Americans to change: [T]his past week the news was filled once again with Gary Condit and sha...

It’s good to see some actual evidence to back up the rants I’ve long delivered about the myth of the "Heartland of America" ....

I am, right now, having more fun than you. And now? We’re just about even. But wait…. now , again, I am having more fun than you. Life is good! So, I’m off...

You know, today is National Marching Band Day. Know why? ‘Cause it’s March 4th! Get it? Get it?!...

Yesterday 20,000 Canadians came to our city to wish us well . I know I’ve made many jokes at the expense of Canadians here, but I owe it to the half-dozen peo...

Thank you so much to all of you who have messaged, emailed and called. (Or tried to.) I am physically fine, as are all my family members and immediate friends....

Those of you who’ve talked to me recently know that, for the past few weeks, my uncle has been visiting the U.S. for the first time in his life . He, like mos...

I do not live in " the land of the debutantes " no matter what anyone says. It’s kind of an accident that I ended up in this neighborhood at all....

Feelin’ ugly today. Just to share the gloom, among the many things I’ve learned today, I found out that George W. Bush, the President of These Here United St...

How Kozmo Works . Read it while they’re still around....

I really like Rhode Island, might even move their someday. But it’s nice to know that the next time I visit, I’ll be greeted by a friendly face ....

I’ll be your best friend if you buy me this ....

Went to the grocery store the other day. (Did I mention I love grocery stores ?) The fellow in front of me in the express aisle had three items: A 6-pack of...