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The Election is Over. Now What?
Maybe I’m the only one whose soul feels a bit displaced right now. It’s like I’ve spent all day riding roller coasters and eating funnel cakes at Six Flags, …
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“The Global Atlas” Would Make Martha Raddatz Proud
Foreign policy certainly was underscored, if not neglected, this past presidential election. Even Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz recently called this negligence “heart breaking,” especially for a nation at war. …
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Fans Brave the Weather for Yeasayer
It was 36 degrees with sleet blowing in all directions. We huddled outside of the House of Blues, my roommate and I, jumping around to keep warm, while we waited …
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Women Make History in 2012 Elections
This has been a tough year for women, a year in which many states attempted to limit the availability of contraceptives and abortions and even repeal the Lily Ledbetter Fair …
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Congratulations, Mr. President
Skeezics is a weekly cartoon about the world at large. And American politics.
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Thoughts on Boston’s Rodent Problem
The evening was transpiring like any other. I was sitting on my bed, laptop propped up on my knees, browsing clogs on eBay while waiting for the water in my …
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Obama’s Victory and the Next Four Years
Barack Obama will remain president for four more years. After winning 97 more electoral votes and roughly one million more popular votes than Mitt Romney, Obama will take on the …
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Underwatched: Ben and Kate
With the success (however marginal) of shows like Cougar Town and Happy Endings, low-concept hangout sitcoms have made a comeback on network TV. Television comedies often benefit from very open-ended, …
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QUADCAST: Hey London, Obama or Romney?
Audio QUADcast: Hey London, Obama or Romney? Fellow Quadling Jon Christianson and I are abroad in London right now, and from all the way over here, the election feels weird. …
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“good kid, m.A.A.d. city” is Bold and Utterly Brilliant
Concept albums are weird, nebulous things. They require the artist to somehow balance a narrative with enjoyable music, something that isn’t exactly easy to do. It almost never happens. I …
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American Apparel, Blood Drives, and the Twittersphere
Monday night, as superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc across the Northeast and destroyed beaches, towns, cities, and homes, American Apparel saw an opportunity for profit. “In case you’re bored during the …
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Hurricane Sandy Aftermath: A Loss For Words
I sat down to write this in my warm clothes, inside my fully furnished suite, my laptop plugged in to charge, knowing that there are thousands upon thousands of others …
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