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Want to find out how people really feel about reproductive rights? Ask them about Nadya Suleman, the Jack Bauer of social responsibility. Back in the day, so I’m told, relying on friends and family was considered a virtue — takes a village and all that. My mom lived in her own mother’s basement with five [...]

The great Buddy Miller is recuperating in Baltimore after suffering a heart attack. Miller is the muscle and the soul of Nashville these days; here’s hoping his recovery is swift and complete. Tip via There Stands the Glass.

When I was comin’ up, men were men, and chimps were chimps. We got along. They did volunteer work with the blind, protected us from the Russians and the Italians, and befriended little girls. Nowadays, it’s all Darwin and texting and the hippity-hop music. It’s no surprise that Travis has inspired a wave of copycats. [...]

Photo: Laura Musselman shot for Seattle Weekly Until last night, I was kinda meh on Everything that Happens. It seemed like, in order to avoid making the Other Bush of Ghosts, they chose to make a radio-ready folk album instead. But after Byrne’s show at Benaroya, I’m a believer. The new songs opened up like [...]

As satire, this piece from the Guardian is perfectly proper. Some of the jokes are weak, but the central conceit is great. As a means of allowing yourself to consider what could have happened, it’s kinda depressing, which is what gives it bite. Link via kottke.