Kiran Desai.

Tom Wilson (Biff from Back to the Future) sings a song answering the most common questions.

CJR Daily: “‘Do you know how many interviews I turned down today?’ Moulitsas tells Cox at one point. ‘ABC, NBC, Charlie Rose, McLaughlin Group, not to mention a bunch of radio. If I were into self-promotion, I would have said yes to all of them.’ All of which left us wondering: Would it really have been too much to ask to say no to one more?”

Those pining for that 1985 Cold War feeling of fear and paranoia will be happy to learn that North Korea has tested its first nuke. I trust that our sane and capable world leaders will resolve this dispute in a calm and rational manner. What this will do for West Coast shoreline real estate is anyone’s guess.

My review of Stephen Elliott’s My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up is now up at the Philly Inquirer.