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Jane Kim is a writer in New York.

In Which Hillary Says Yes and Kevin Drum Eats His Hat

On the subject of Hillary Clinton being chosen as/agreeing to be Obama’s Secretary of State, Kevin Drum, of Mother Jones, promised a couple of weeks ago that he would “eat my hat if it turns out to be true.” And here, via some cake-and-icing-and-M&M transubstantiating, he does just that. For keeping promises to readers of […]

Today is the Day

Today, apparently, is World Toilet Day. And lest you forget about what that means, science writer Margaret Wertheim lays it out in an opinion column in today’s Los Angeles Times. A question of the day: Though the word “toilet” is often considered declasse and even rude to utter aloud, much of modern life would not […]