* Some friends of ours in New York went to the National Magazine Awards last night. One link for the liveblogged version, one link for the narrative description (on a blog), and one link reminding The Atlantic that they didn’t get to participate in the self-congratulatory excess. [Gawker; HuffPo; Fishbowl DC] MORE »

Desperate times, desperate measures: MORE »

This doesn’t exactly rise (or sink?) to Duke Cunningham levels. But it appears that the judicial branch has ethics issues too: MORE »