Mike's Blog Roundup

Sharon Horgan in the Criterion Closet
By Steve in Manhattan — October 5, 2026

It's Banned Books Week, so go ahead and read something forbidden!

Crooked Timber - The Office: why some American sitcoms are the way they are;

Dispatches From a Collapsing State - AI and the flattened future;

Off Message - Democrats need to be the uncompromising ones now (via Obsidian Wings);

The Rectification of Names - will the real dirtbag please stand up?

The Rude Pundit - Trump blames Biden for things Biden had nothing to do with ....

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