Zompist Bboard Again

This is such a frustrating conversation, every time. Even just to read. Like—actually, I agree in principle that if you're left of the Democratic Party's general center of gravity, withholding your vote may sometimes be a legitimate act. I would never do it myself, but the threat of it is one of the...

I have to chip in on the idea that NYT readers are "Republicans that don't want to admit that they're Republicans." That's a pretty odd take. Not a surprising one—I've certainly seen it before—but it's odd, insofar as it just isn't ... true. The most widely cited actual data on this is fro...

It's not a "conspiracy"; just look at the history of sports, particularly Olympic sports. In general, the organisers are quite open about what they're doing. I only recently tuned into this issue in the context of skeet shooting and plan on looking into it more (there are certainly plenty...

There was a flurry of "dump Biden" posts after the debate— e.g. Vox, Slate, CNN; and apparently the NYT keeps beating this drum. I'm sympathetic to the "oh noes" feeling about Biden's debate performance, but I'm getting more and more skeptical on this topic. Trump has been getti...

So ... I hire writers, both precious freelancers and staff writers. I'm one of the editors for a modest-sized network of sites—we publish attempts at Actual Serious Journalism, as well as SEO bullshit to keep the lights on. I thought I'd create an account and chip in with my perspective (I had an ac...