Crap sandwiches
October 1, 2008•
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I love Jonah Goldberg. Dude can write. And what he writes cuts through the editorial blather better than anybody opining for New York-area dailies since William Safire retired from the Times.
But in today’s NY Post, Goldberg had me spitting coffee through my nose when he quoted House GOP leader John Boehner’s recent portrayal of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout as a “crap sandwich”. Goldberg lays blame for the mess with Barney Frank and Chris Dodd and both Presidential candidates and President Bush and Hank Paulson and congressional Republicans, and, well, here’s how he closed:
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Res ipsa loquitor
March 13, 2008•
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Bwaahaahaha!
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Ten Common-Sense Rules for Web Designers: A Manifesto
May 22, 2007•
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Okay, so “manifesto” may be a bit hyperbolic. Anyway, here are ten lessons I’ve discovered the hard way.
- The canvas is your friend. In choosing horizontal placement, be considerate of it without being constrained. You do not know how large a viewer’s window will be and dictating its size is impolite. Vertical placement should understand what belongs “above the fold”.
- Make pages that honor recognizable emotional forms. Employ the Golden Proportion as your guide. Typography should be eye-friendly. Choose kerning and line-lengths deliberately.
- Color palettes should amplify rather than confuse the site’s message.
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Hypocrisy on Parade
April 28, 2007•
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Future historians will invariably speak of the American Left’s near-universal opposition to our invasion to eliminate Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. But how will they reconcile these remarks?
“One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line.”
President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998
“If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction program.”
President Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998
“Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face.”
Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998
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