A Friendly Chat: Michael K, Web Entrepreneur, Blogger, Pottymouth
Michael K runs and writes the website Dlisted, which gives a rundown on the day’s celebrity comings and goings with crude humor that often verges on the vulgar (though he disputes this point). “I think the boundaries change each day. Some days I’m like, okay you’re not going to make fun of children, and some days its like, you’re not going to make fun of Michelle Williams because of the whole Heath Ledger thing. But then here are some stories you have to do whether or not you can make them funny. But there are some stories that if I can’t find any humor in it, I don’t touch it.”
Gates Is Right–and We’re Not Post-racial Until He’s Wrong
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Speechless: Dilbert Creator’s Struggle to Regain His Voice
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The Health-Care Wimps
Obama may be impervious to the demons of 1994, but his party is still haunted by the failure of Hillarycare.
The Last of Heath
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Cocksure
Banks, battles, and the psychology of overconfidence.
The Cause of My Life
Inside the fight for universal health care.
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