Getting this thing started

So apparently I am now a "blogger."

I'd like to begin with a little rant about Ann Coulter.

I dislike her. She's terrible. She makes me want to jump off a bridge. But I won't. Because then Ann Coulter would win.

Sometimes I wonder whether or not she is just kidding when she says and writes the things she does. Like she's a secret communist who just enjoys riling up the right wing by being a caricature. Then I think about the possibility that she's 100% genuine. That's when my head starts to hurt. She's terrible. Just terrible.

You know who else is terrible? The Washington Nationals. No pitching. 15 troubled outfielders. But at least they don't say things like this:

"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war."

That was Ann Coulter after 9/11. She also can't pitch.

On to other pressing issues. Namely, five random things that everyone should read ASAP:

1) Team of Rivals, by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
2) The Paradox of Choice, by Barry Schwartz.
3) This: http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2009/01/26/090126ta_talk_surowiecki (because it is relevant to the current debate on taxes and the stimulus).
4) This: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/08/29/050829fa_fact?currentPage=all (because it is interesting, even if you don't totally agree with it).
5) This: http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfolio/2008/11/11/The-End-of-Wall-Streets-Boom?print=true (controversial and all, but everyone in the country should be required to read it).

Plenty more to come. I promise more cohesiveness next time. Maybe.