The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    Halloween Goofiness (Self-Promotion Edition)

    I have a new piece on McSweeney's Internet Tendency today, right on time for Halloween: "I Am Just Trying to Have a Civil Online Conversation about Vampires." Here's a taste:
     

    Whoa there! That’s a pretty extreme claim. Surely you don’t mean to call ALL vampires “blood-sucking ghouls?”  
    Have you ever donated to a blood bank? How is this any different?
    I am not pro-vampire and I am not anti-vampire. I am just trying to have an objective discussion here without using loaded words like “kill.”


    The rest is here.

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    My all time favorite: "There are no wirgins left in Wumania"