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Humor. Outrageous discussions, surprising observations, live chats, polls, and the weekly Invitational humor contest (formerly The Washington Post's Style Invitational). Significant misanthropy tempered by a warm heart.
The Invitational is the funniest (formerly) newspaper-based weekly humor contest consisting entirely of reader-generated content in the world -- bar none!
Reporting and analysis by award-winning independent journalist.
Aaron's trenchant analysis and dogged investigative instincts set the standard for independent journalism that cuts across and puts to shame what we get from the tired, establishment-fluffing corporate media. Plus did you know he has a famous father?!
Links from Pat Myers, Empress of The Invitational, the irreverent weekly humor/wordplay contest recently canceled by The Washington Post but now run by the Empress and Czar Gene Weingarten at GeneWeingarten.substack.com.
The Invitational is the funniest (formerly) newspaper-based weekly humor contest consisting entirely of reader-generated content in the world -- bar none!
Hello, friends. Welcome to The Best Newsletter, my weekly attempt to make sense of the overwhelming barrage of shows, movies, books, articles, and everything else the media-cultural world throws at us these days.
Dan's insightful descriptions of the books he's reading, movies he's watching and other experiences he's, um, experiencing are captivating and always enlightening.