Archive - The Drugs Don't Work Anymore

An Ode to the Heavy Bag

punching bags and the people who hit them.

Jul 12 •

Or Are We All Frat Boys?

We are living through strange times, like bizarre times.

Jul 6 •

June 2025

Are we all Gavin Newscum?

is all opposition just opposition?

Jun 15 •

I just like to be part of the conversation

books and books and more books.

Jun 8 •

May 2025

When the Pope died, I was talking to a Rabbi

Abbiamo il Papa!

May 17 •

April 2025

Roller coasters and world-building

another little diddy on dadhood

Apr 27 •

What's better: yes-men or competent-men?

what we got in the gov-a-men

Apr 6 •

March 2025

Sure, alright, but is your kid an ath-a-lete?

a conundrum without an answer

Mar 23 •

Yet another lesson in aging

ah christ, not this again.

Mar 9 •

February 2025

I'm not going to your stinkin' conference

First of all, I profiled Sarah McBride for The New Republic.

Feb 16 •

As long as Kanye is crazy, the rest of us are fine.

a theory of fame

Feb 9 •

January 2025

Staying sane with a head on fire.

I just had to do it, after about a decade-and-a-half on the list, I had to unsubscribe from Politico Playbook, the morning newsletter that — at one…

Jan 26 •

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