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About James

James Seidler is a writer living in Chicago. The editor for the now-defunct humor publication FLYMF, he has now decided to maintain his web presence and smart remarks through this blog.

Biden in the Onion

Humor

“I need to steer clear of D.C. until some shit blows over,” said Biden, sitting in the far corner of a Mexican cantina with his back to the wall and taking a long swig from a bottle of Tecate Light. “It’s nothing I can’t handle, but let’s just say there was a little misunderstanding. Somebody didn’t get something they were supposed to get.”

“And somebody else got a whole lot more than they bargained for,” he added.

The New York Times has a story examining the Onion’s representation of Vice President Joe Biden as a trailer park Lothatio. The story is great, but better is the link to the articles themselves, which are hilarious. (I love the recurring Trans Am.)

Quote from “Biden to Cool His Heels in Mexico for a While.”

The Education Bubble Begins to Deflate?

Well Worth Reading

Reports of students who leave such schools with heavy debt, only to work in low-paying jobs, have prompted the Department of Education to propose regulations that would cut off federal financing to programs whose graduates have high debt-to-income ratios and low repayment rates.

Great article in the New York Times today on the scam of for-profit colleges, which sucks federal money from students and leaves them indebted and jobless.

Doonesbury Deserves the Recognition

Comics

As part of the celebrations surrounding Doonesbury’s 40th anniversary, Garry Wills has an excellent overview of the strip in the New York Review of Books. I think Doonesbury remains a monumental accomplishment. I read it every day, and I’m continually impressed with how Trudeau skewers the issues of the day while managing a large – and organic – cast of characters.

Here’s a recent fave: http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/archive/2010/11/04