Uneasy Rhetoric

24 February 2004: Mark Schmitt makes some very good points about Ralph Nader.
I said it in 2000 and no one listened, so I’ll say it again. I don’t care if he lives on a meager salary, drives a beat up car, or looks vaguely homeless walking around Washington, D.C.; this does not make Nader saintly [...]

So it looks like gay marriage is going to be one of the lead issues of the 2004 presidential campaign. Given that the issue is a distant fourth in most Americans’ minds (when given four choices), this is unfortunate. By November, Bush will have taken what he thinks is the moral high ground and we’ll [...]

Language Log has an interesting post on the adjective, an oft-maligned part of speech.
In Those who take the adjectives from the table, Pullum questions why so many writing “experts” think that the adjective is a bad thing. His post narrows in on the expert of writing experts, Strunk and White. What writerly person hasn’t at [...]

Downtown Déjeuner:
Subway **
913 K St
1131 K St
731 J St
$5-$7
It’s Subway. What else is there to say? Cheap, good but not great, virtually no ambiance to speak of, service that is entirely dependent on the longevity of the workers, and overwhelming crowds every day.
Subway is my benchmark for sandwich places; it is the average. I go [...]

Downtown Déjeuner:
Bud’s Buffet ***
1016 10th St
$7-$8
Comfort food. Throwback. Bud’s buffet is a lot of both. It feels like a cafeteria with rows of long tables that fill up around the lunch hour. You grab a tray, place your order, and they hand you a plate which, if you order a non-sandwich special, might just be [...]