Sunday, March 16, 2008
For a second after reading the headline of this post from Andrew Sullivan, I thought he was referring to the practice undertaken by many churchgoers to ply their profession among their fellows in order to get more business. It wasn't, but there is something about how many yuppie types treat church so cynically that has always kinda bothered me. Perhaps it shouldn't. I really should mind my own business. And yet...
The Man, The Myth, The Bio
- Lev
- East Bay, California, United States
- Problem: I have lots of opinions on politics and culture that I need to vent. If I do not do this I will wind up muttering to myself, and that's only like one or two steps away from being a hobo. Solution: I write two blogs. A political blog that has some evident sympathies (pro-Obama, mostly liberal though I dissent on some issues, like guns and trade) and a culture blog that does, well, cultural essays in a more long-form manner. My particular thing is taking overrated things (movies, mostly, but other things too) down a peg and putting underrated things up a peg. I'm sort of the court of last resort, and I tend to focus on more obscure cultural phenomena.