As Sommer mentioned earlier this week, I was fortunate enough to have been invited to speak on a panel on D.C. voting rights at the YearlyKos Convention, a huge gathering of progressive activists and bloggers in Chicago. This morning I will be sitting alongside D.C. Shadow Rep. Mike Panetta, Danny Rose from DC Vote and Kesh Luddewhetty of DC for Democracy, all of whom will detail the current fight for voting rights, where it stands... more ›

Maybe I'm on a sports photography kick this week, or maybe I'm still crying over Shaq winning effing Championship ring, but these little boys give me hope for the future of a great game. Flickr user goldeneyes and his fisheye lens caught these kids playing last weekend for the Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund. Is that the next Dwyane Wade there, shooting the ball with ease? more ›

You assholes don't know the first thing about being a gentleman. You probably don't even know how to sail. When I get out of business school, I'm going to be making $120,000 a year. Add that to my trust fund, and I can buy a country club membership, a ski house, and still have enough money to go barhopping around the city in my designer clothes and shit-eating grin. Maybe I'll offer you a hundred bucks to flip my collar up for me.