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December 2008
12.22.2008:
You Can Tell They Have Jobs
12.21.2008:
Oh My God, It's 1993 Again
12.21.2008:
They're Just Not That Into You
12.19.2008:
Looking Back at the Bank Bailout
12.15.2008:
Sign of the Times
12.13.2008:
Gloria Allred's Money Isn't Where Her Mouth Is
12.07.2008:
Depression Lust, Cont'd
12.07.2008:
Looking for Gift Ideas
12.07.2008:
How to Jump Start the Economy
12.04.2008:
Are Bubbles Inevitable?
12.04.2008:
Depression Lust, and Depression Porn

November 2008
11.12.2008:
Talking Glamour
11.11.2008:
Blogger Escapes to Southern Climes
11.06.2008:
Where Will the Obama Girls Go to School?
11.06.2008:
After Prop. 8
11.06.2008:
Obama's Mandate
11.04.2008:
President-Elect Obama
11.02.2008:
Dynamist Politics
11.01.2008:
The Not-so-Nice Side of South Pasadena

October 2008
10.31.2008:
Andy Warhol, the Sexual Revolution, and the End of Marriage Glamour
10.31.2008:
That's Art?
10.31.2008:
Prop. 8: A Father's View
10.31.2008:
Prop. 8: A Mother's View
10.31.2008:
What If She'd Had Norah Vincent Over for Dinner?
10.31.2008:
What Happens to the Posters After the Election?
10.30.2008:
Signs of the Times
10.26.2008:
Women Who Write Big-Idea Books
10.24.2008:
Upward Mobility in the Kitchen
10.23.2008:
From Surging to Dwelling
10.22.2008:
The Missing Credit Crisis
10.20.2008:
No on Prop. 8
10.20.2008:
Are the Anti-Prop. 8 Ads Too Evasive?
10.18.2008:
Oh Those Parochial Americans!
10.16.2008:
In Defense of Consumer Credit
10.16.2008:
The Politics of Headshots
10.16.2008:
Postrel on Krugman
10.15.2008:
Words to Live By
10.13.2008:
Déjà Vu
10.12.2008:
Copyright and Recombination
10.06.2008:
The View from Abroad
10.02.2008:
Best Live Debate Blogging
10.02.2008:
So Many Plans!
10.02.2008:
The Permanent Income Hypothesis Vindicated
10.02.2008:
Computer Basics Everyone Should Know

September 2008
09.26.2008:
Debate Commentary
09.26.2008:
Thoughts on the Panic of 2008
09.26.2008:
Keeping Your Head
09.19.2008:
I'm So Glad I Never Planned to Vote For this Guy
09.19.2008:
Wedding News
09.18.2008:
Do Bailouts Beget More Bailouts?
09.15.2008:
Science Tattoos
09.14.2008:
Fannie and Freddie: What Went Wrong?
09.11.2008:
"Terror Is Glamour"
09.09.2008:
How Is China Like Cate Blanchett and a Lamborghini?
09.09.2008:
How Is Cate Blanchett Like a Lamborghini?
09.04.2008:
Assorted Sarah Palin Links
09.03.2008:
From Glamour to Horror
09.03.2008:
Politicians as Professional Wrestlers
09.02.2008:
Sarah Palin & Identity Politics

August 2008
08.31.2008:
Sarah Palin: The Sitcom
08.28.2008:
Bill's Speech
08.26.2008:
The Stars Are Just Like Us
08.25.2008:
Horror or Humor?
08.24.2008:
My Family's Gay Wedding
08.24.2008:
Facebook Virus
08.24.2008:
After-Hours Health Care
08.22.2008:
It's About Time
08.18.2008:
That Was Quick
08.17.2008:
What Makes an Ad "Political"?
08.11.2008:
An Anthropologist Watches Project Runway
08.04.2008:
Domestic Terrorism
08.04.2008:
Obama Glamour Watch
08.04.2008:
The Glamour of the Chrysler Building
08.03.2008:
I'm Fine, Thanks

July 2008
07.20.2008:
Here's One Place California Spends Money
07.20.2008:
The Telemarketing Charity Racket Cont'd
07.20.2008:
What Do We Get For the Money?
07.20.2008:
The Future Will Seem Normal
07.20.2008:
Our New Favorite Toy
07.06.2008:
The Telemarketing Charity Racket
07.01.2008:
Obama Takes a Marriage Stand

June 2008
06.30.2008:
More Obama--Or Reportorial?--Vagueness
06.30.2008:
Where Does Obama Stand on Marriage?
06.27.2008:
People Like Me Are Killing Journalism
06.26.2008:
The Things You Learn Reading Posters Outside UCLA Medical Center
06.26.2008:
Glamour Shots
06.26.2008:
Book Review Swag
06.26.2008:
More Obama Glamour
06.24.2008:
Trains May Be Glamorous, but They Aren't Practical
06.22.2008:
Obama As iPhone
06.18.2008:
California vs. Genetic Information
06.18.2008:
Just Another Night in Westwood
06.18.2008:
Sign of a Poor Peer Group
06.18.2008:
And the Attorney Wore White
06.09.2008:
Prop. 13, 30 years later
06.07.2008:
The Power of Glamour (Not Charisma)
06.04.2008:
The Old Order Passes
06.04.2008:
No Sex in the City?
06.03.2008:
The Paradox of Timeless Fashion
06.03.2008:
Obama, California, and Gay Marriage
06.03.2008:
Decoding Obama's Glamour
06.03.2008:
Big Shoe to Fill
06.03.2008:
Overconfidence Overheard
06.03.2008:
Clogging the Roads with Priuses
06.03.2008:
Interesting New Econ Blog

May 2008
05.27.2008:
Propaganda Is Now Officially Hip
05.27.2008:
Why Do Kids Get the Pretty Hospitals?
05.27.2008:
Race, Empathy, and Self-Love
05.27.2008:
The New Test Kitchen
05.12.2008:
Harold & Kumar Embody the Spirit of America
05.12.2008:
Earthquake
05.12.2008:
Well, That Will Certainly Make It Easy Not to Vote for Him
05.08.2008:
Superhero Fashion
05.05.2008:
Where Did Vietnamese Nail Salons Come From?
05.05.2008:
Milton Friedman Does Cinco de Mayo

April 2008
04.30.2008:
Web Design
04.28.2008:
About that Bridge...
04.28.2008:
Pandering to (Illegal?) Aliens
04.27.2008:
More on Twitchell and Plagiarism
04.27.2008:
"No Evidence of Disease"
04.27.2008:
If You're Going to Steal My Prose, At Least Keep My Facts
04.22.2008:
Speaking of Fonts
04.22.2008:
Typesetting the Candidates
04.21.2008:
There's No Such Thing as a Free Carbon Cap
04.21.2008:
Health Care Design Cont'd
04.20.2008:
The Queen of Weak Ties
04.14.2008:
The Rather Difficult Font Game
04.08.2008:
Good Question
04.04.2008:
Obama's Smoking
04.04.2008:
Creeping Censorship and the Superpowered Elite
04.04.2008:
Warning: Cloying But Catchy Song
04.03.2008:
Obama's Glamour

March 2008
03.21.2008:
The 21st Century
03.21.2008:
The Aesthetics of Diabetes
03.19.2008:
National Kidney Month Cont'd
03.19.2008:
Health Care Aesthetics
03.19.2008:
Create Your Own Font
03.19.2008:
Neighborhood Effects
03.19.2008:
The Speech
03.19.2008:
She's Even from Arkansas
03.10.2008:
It's National Kidney Month
03.07.2008:
An Instinctive Regulator
03.07.2008:
Poaching Doctors
03.07.2008:
Local Language
03.07.2008:
Health Beat

February 2008
02.05.2008:
This Is My Life
02.05.2008:
Another Book-Loving Kindle Fan
02.05.2008:
Reading for Super Tuesday

January 2008
01.21.2008:
Free at Last
01.18.2008:
Neon Neighborliness
01.16.2008:
Phishing at Flickr
01.16.2008:
Scary Clowns
01.16.2008:
Remembering Andrew Olmsted
01.16.2008:
"The Vanguard Army of Fatal Cuteness"
01.15.2008:
The MacBook Air Is Too Big
01.11.2008:
Upholding Standards of Vexillilic Aesthetics
01.10.2008:
18 Stunning Bridges
01.10.2008:
How to Honor Andrew Olmsted
01.09.2008:
New Blog
01.09.2008:
The Libertarian Turnip Truck, Cont'd
01.09.2008:
Who Needs 1,000 Typefaces?
01.09.2008:
Hurrell in Santa Monica
01.09.2008:
Libertarians Fall Off Turnip Truck
01.09.2008:
Nobody Knows Anything
01.09.2008:
The 16-Year Itch
01.04.2008:
In Memoriam: Andrew Olmsted
01.04.2008:
Help Wanted
01.04.2008:
The Worst Student Sentences
01.03.2008:
The State of the Parties
01.03.2008:
DIY Manufacturing
01.03.2008:
Beauty, Math, and Science

December 2007
12.28.2007:
Design and Diabetes
12.28.2007:
Searchers vs. Planners
12.28.2007:
Why a 30-Year-Old Prescription Bottle Is the Best Present Ever
12.28.2007:
The Great Divide (Cont'd)
12.28.2007:
What's in Nair?
12.11.2007:
Costume Echoes, Or Why Do Programmers Look Alike?
12.11.2007:
Paperless Books
12.10.2007:
Four Down, Two to Go
12.10.2007:
Our Favorite Toy: Now in Blue
12.10.2007:
What Do These Women Have In Common?
12.10.2007:
Design Talk for Non-Designers Too
12.10.2007:
Upholding the Torch

November 2007
11.29.2007:
Space Glamour, Soviet Style
11.29.2007:
Demand, Meet Supply
11.29.2007:
Dynamism Has No Candidate
11.29.2007:
The Nature of Objectivity
11.29.2007:
My Superpower
11.29.2007:
Why Is MySpace So Ugly?
11.27.2007:
Glamorous Activism, Then and Now
11.26.2007:
My New Look
11.26.2007:
Nobody's Normal, Or Why Jeans Never Fit
11.26.2007:
Sorry for the Blank Page
11.08.2007:
Game Theory on Leaving the Toilet Seat Up (or Down)
11.07.2007:
Cowboy Chachi Loves You Best
11.06.2007:
My Inner European
11.06.2007:
The Latest Farm Follies
11.04.2007:
The Great Divide (Cont'd)
11.04.2007:
The Great Divide (Cont'd)
11.04.2007:
The Aesthetic Imperative Comes to Convenience Stores

October 2007
10.18.2007:
Paint Wars Cont'd
10.16.2007:
The Miracle of Recorded Music
10.16.2007:
Kidney Blogging, Cont'd
10.16.2007:
What Makes L.A. Great
10.16.2007:
The Great (Housing) Divide, Cont'd
10.13.2007:
The Google Effect
10.08.2007:
The Age of Apoplexy
10.08.2007:
The Great Divide

September 2007
09.27.2007:
Amazon is More Accurate, But Less Fun
09.27.2007:
Kidney Blogging, Cont'd
09.27.2007:
Virtual Church
09.27.2007:
Back to School (and Soccer) with Spirit of America
09.20.2007:
8 Random Facts, with a Kicker at the End
09.20.2007:
Warning: Bad Words Ahead
09.19.2007:
More on Swearing
09.19.2007:
The Importance of Permanence
09.18.2007:
Language and Human Nature
09.16.2007:
Ansel Adams's Machine Age Aesthetic
09.11.2007:
Reporter's Notebook
09.07.2007:
Culture & Commerce, Ungated
09.07.2007:
A Supporting Character
09.06.2007:
William Gibson on EBay
09.04.2007:
Seen in Traffic II
09.04.2007:
Seen in Traffic

August 2007
08.31.2007:
It's Good to Be Home
08.31.2007:
Could Eudora Welty Get Published Today?
08.29.2007:
Assorted Meta-Blogging
08.21.2007:
Science Glamour & DNA Style
08.21.2007:
My New Colleague
08.13.2007:
Direct Aid to India
08.13.2007:
The Value of Incoherence
08.13.2007:
Our Favorite Toy Gets a Patent
08.13.2007:
My New Address (Reposted)
08.13.2007:
Kidney Blogging, Cont'd
08.13.2007:
DNA Glamour

July 2007
07.27.2007:
Why Suffer?
07.27.2007:
Moving Madness
07.27.2007:
Optical Character Reading
07.23.2007:
Paint Wars Cont'd
07.23.2007:
Cool Paints and Hot Cars
07.23.2007:
$$$ for New Media
07.23.2007:
Layers of Editors
07.12.2007:
Kidney Blogging, Cont'd
07.09.2007:
Science Is Not Enough
07.08.2007:
Live from Aspen
07.08.2007:
Squeaky Voices
07.08.2007:
Talking Design
07.04.2007:
A Chinese Renaissance?
07.04.2007:
Buy My Condo!
07.04.2007:
My Parents Will Be So Proud
07.03.2007:
Who Benefits from Airport Delays?
07.03.2007:
Talking Energy
07.03.2007:
Faster Queues
07.03.2007:
Getting Serious
07.03.2007:
Is the Aspen Institute Allergic to Social Science?
07.02.2007:
A Thought Experiment
07.02.2007:
Star Trek Medicine
07.02.2007:
Glamour in the Air

June 2007
06.28.2007:
Kidney Blogging, Cont'd
06.26.2007:
Reading Faces
06.26.2007:
Next Up: The South Park Studio Tour
06.26.2007:
Irony Deficiency
06.26.2007:
When 1,000 Words Won't Do
06.26.2007:
Bad Taste Is An Externality. Now What?
06.18.2007:
A Better Immigration Bill
06.13.2007:
Free Speech--or Not--on Campus
06.12.2007:
What Are Magazines For? Cont'd
06.08.2007:
What Are Magazines For?
06.08.2007:
Taking Notice
06.08.2007:
What You Won't Learn in Business School
06.08.2007:
Video Kidney Blogging
06.08.2007:
Look Ma, No Cords!
06.01.2007:
Publicity Stunt

May 2007
05.30.2007:
Kidney Blogging, Cont'd
05.23.2007:
Wise Words
05.23.2007:
Is She a Real Celebrity If You Have to Google Her?
05.17.2007:
Urgent Care
05.17.2007:
The Aesthetic Imperative
05.17.2007:
More Yi-Fu Tuan
05.16.2007:
Political Closets
05.15.2007:
Why Use That Typeface?
05.15.2007:
China vs. India
05.11.2007: