Nick Baumann

"[E]xtreme left economic views are not popular among the rich. Here are some graphs. Ideological foaming about “trustfunders” aside, if campaigns are funded by rich “megadonors,” we’re going to see a push to conservative policies, especially on economic issues. The two parties are not symmetric. There’s no reason to think that for every Republican megadonor there is an equal and opposite rich funder on the Democrats’ side. Sure, there are some liberal richies, just not as many as on the other side."

"Richmond is the capital of a medium-sized state. D.C. is the capital of the mightiest empire in human history. In no universe should Richmond have more tall buildings than the District of Columbia."

"Are you the sort of person who can only be friends with people who share your politics? If so, I pity you. You’re going to live an unchallenged, introspection-free life, congratulating yourself on your purity while never engaging in good faith with people who don’t see things your way. You deny yourself the richness of the world. I refuse to join you. And if you fuck with my friends, you will regret it."

"And by the way, under no circumstances is it ever okay for an adult to rape a 10-year-old boy, so you really can’t go wrong by calling the police when something like that happens."

"If you think that Democrats aren’t left-wing enough, then the exact same analysis obtains. You have to beat them. On Election Day. At winning elections."

"The Republican negotiating objective is low taxes, but the Democratic negotiating objective is bipartisan agreement."

"To have a culture that valorizes hard work you need to actually valorize hard work not just money-making."

"I’d like to briefly address the complete moron in the Red Sox organization who insinuated to a reporter that Terry Francona had a problem with prescription pills. Dear Moron, Congratulations! You have just (a) attacked the best and most popular manager your team has ever had while (b) displaying a complete lack of institutional loyalty, which (c) pretty much guarantees that no one in his right mind will want to manage your team now, and (d) turned everyone against each other causing (e) massive paranoia which will undoubtedly lead to (f) a thousand more stories about how dysfunctional your organization is, which will only intensify the ill effects of (b,c,d,e). You are the worst person in the world. Quit."

"According to sources in and outside the organization, the Boston Red Sox were very bad at baseball in September, causing the team to miss the playoffs."