• February 12, 2012

reading

It’s important to remember that Jews are more than just a semi-oppressed minority who run the teevee and whose ranks include crazy homophobes. Yes, Jews also can read and write books, although those books must be either about what it’s like to be Jewish or their personal lord and savior, Bob Dylan.

Maybe.

It is like college here in DC this week: there is an opportunity for free food that can be capitalized upon by pretending to be interested in the publication of something—plus a bonus Susan Sontag salon. Plus, that quintessential collegiate particular: fictitious tales about Brooklyn!

George W. Bush, remember that guy? Liked to dance with foreign leaders and start wars a lot? He’s so much more likable now that he’s not running the country! For example, back in the day if he’d had the temerity to visit a local elementary school we would probably have said something snide like, “Oh [...]

What’s happenin’ everyone? Besides America’s anniversary with its first wife, George Washington, we mean. Books, books are what’s happening. Lots of books about the military and its history, if that is your “thing.” Also some meta-novel about moving to Europe, and another new book that proves, with Science, that Obama is nothing more than an [...]

It was only a matter of time before the The New Republic stopped being an inevitability in this little feature. Well, the time has come—just one week in! Let’s take a look what worthwhile things are afoot in these storied pages this week, for our new feature, Thursdays Are For Magazines.

Hey welcome to this thing that’s going to start happening on Thursdays! It’s a special Friday edition of “Thursdays Are For Magazines,” in which Wonkette will be reading a different political or DC magazine each week and reviewing its contents, in fun capsule-list form.

Here’s “gotcha journalist” Katie Couric getting quizzed by TMZ about her reading habits. She says the same exact thing that Sarah Palin said (“all of them, any of them”), except she says it to be funny. HOW DISRESPECTFUL. Katie also says she reads The Economist for the articles, and for the monthly compendium of slightly [...]