Via Radley Balko, an illustration of why men shouldn’t write advice columns:
I dunno, this seems like very good advice to me.
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James Joyner
Making close-enough alcoholic cocktails with nothing but sports drinks. And some booze.
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President Obama shouldn’t apologize for spending time hanging out with the guys. It’s a sign of weakness.
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The key to drinking like one of the “Mad Men” is to be a man. And to pace yourself.
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The 1959 Chevy Bel Air, while not quite the iconic classic of its 1955-1957 forebears, is nonetheless a large, muscular vehicle from the Golden Age of the American automobile. The 2009 Chevy Malibu, by contrast, is a wimpy, nondescript midsize sedan that provides basic transportation but not much more.
Which would you [...]
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In an otherwise rather lackluster attempt at a “throwback” football column designed to offer a humorous take on the 50th anniversary of the American Football League, Gregg Easterbrook captures beautifully how much our choices have expanded:
In vacuum-tube news, have you heard the big story? ABC will televise the new upstart American Football League. With one [...]
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Most of the first weekend’s college football games are a joke that make a mockery of sportsmanship and competition.
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Three weeks ago, I wrote “Mad About Mad Men,” explaining why the AMC series was the hottest show on television. So far though, both my wife and I have thought season three has pretty much sucked.
The new English overlords at Sterling-Cooper? Boring.
Don Draper as Ward Cleaver? Boring.
Betty’s dad? Boring.
Roger and the new wife? Boring.
Nothing seeming [...]
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Spencer Ackerman is learning this one the hard way, after having stained his tie ahead of his Al Jazeera English TV appearance: always keep a spare necktie at the office. Preferably, one that goes with anything. (Mine’s solid red with a subtle textured pattern.)
For good measure, I keep an old navy blazer and a spare [...]
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I saw this ad on another website just now and had to chuckle: “Bonobos – Better Fitting Pants.”
Better fitting than what, pray tell? They appear to be simultaneously too tight in the crotch (thus the bunching) and too wide in the leg (thus the billowing) and about three inches too long (thus covering the entire [...]
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“There is a distinct difference between the way you jumped rope in grade school and the way you should do it at the gym.” – Esquire’s rule #1071
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