Archive - Just Exactly Perfect

The Slow Death of the American Newspaper

Shoe leather and fact-checking have given way to agendas and identity

Apr 15 •

7 Things That Make The Masters Great

Get the egg salad ready — one of the greatest of all sporting events begins this week

Apr 10 •

March 2024

Mayor Pete’s Very Big Pothole

Buttigieg has an opportunity to make America work again

Mar 29 •

The Radical Center

The Grateful Dead and the power of compromise

Mar 25 •

The Brief, Happy Life of the Wall of Sound

How the Grateful Dead invented the modern concert experience

Mar 24 •

Trump: The Language of Narcissism

The MAGA candidate’s language is bordering on dementia

Mar 20 •

Joe Biden’s Bob Weir Moment

Biden’s SOTU got a little help from his friends

Mar 8 •

The United States of Consensus

We agree on more things than you might think — Congress needs to catch up

Mar 3 •

The Future Is Here and It’s Deeply Fake

Anna Indiana may be the future of artificial intelligence

Mar 1 •

February 2024

The Unserious President

Hey Joe, get off Tik Tok and put the ice cream down

Feb 28 •

Here’s the State of the Union address Biden should give, but probably won’t

Feb 24 •

Trump, Grifter-in-Chief

A talented grifter just can’t stop grifting

Feb 18 •

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