My first night in New Orleans I had dinner at 2 a.m. at the St. Charles Tavern, a block away from where I was staying. I was crashing with three girls I didn’t know and who I probably wouldn’t get along with in any lifetime, unless maybe I was reincarnated as a Sgt. […]

Exit poll
The day after the election I visited a local sporting goods shop and bought a pair of 15-pound barbells. My arm muscles had atrophied. I started thinking about the next four years. I scribbled a few quick calculations on a cocktail napkin. It was true. When George W. Bush was finished being president […]