David Martin
@bydavidmartin.bsky.social
Investigator. The occasional byline.
David Brooks: Why are Democrats pursuing something that's wrong-footing the leader of the opposite party and dividing his coalition?
Question answers itself, brother.
Question answers itself, brother.
November 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
David Brooks: Why are Democrats pursuing something that's wrong-footing the leader of the opposite party and dividing his coalition?
Question answers itself, brother.
Question answers itself, brother.
Quite a kicker to this article on Lawrence Summers' friendship with Epstein www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Quite a kicker to this article on Lawrence Summers' friendship with Epstein www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Blending, like he's making a frappe
November 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Blending, like he's making a frappe
Skimmed this 1998 book, which hasn't aged well. As we've seen both with W and Trump, white rural people get pretty chill about the federal governmet's power once a Republican is in the White House.
November 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Skimmed this 1998 book, which hasn't aged well. As we've seen both with W and Trump, white rural people get pretty chill about the federal governmet's power once a Republican is in the White House.
This @karltaro.bsky.social profile of Paul Tagliabue is very good vault.si.com/vault/2006/0...
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This @karltaro.bsky.social profile of Paul Tagliabue is very good vault.si.com/vault/2006/0...
Post you from a different era
1991. Hairline beginning its retreat.
1991. Hairline beginning its retreat.
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Post you from a different era
1991. Hairline beginning its retreat.
1991. Hairline beginning its retreat.
This piece is worthwhile but Ezra Klein papers over the fact that Demcorats started losing elections (-63 in House, -6 in Senate in 2010) *before* its shift to the left. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
November 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This piece is worthwhile but Ezra Klein papers over the fact that Demcorats started losing elections (-63 in House, -6 in Senate in 2010) *before* its shift to the left. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
Republican voters wanted something meaner and dumber—and Roger Marshall was happy to give it to 'em wapo.st/4hwqlSE
October 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Republican voters wanted something meaner and dumber—and Roger Marshall was happy to give it to 'em wapo.st/4hwqlSE
I watched the 1963 film version of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House after reading the book. I'm not going to watch the lowly rated 1999 version but I have to say these casting choices made sense!
October 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I watched the 1963 film version of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House after reading the book. I'm not going to watch the lowly rated 1999 version but I have to say these casting choices made sense!
A Big Star fan built today's Connections
October 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
A Big Star fan built today's Connections
Great reporting in this story about a memoirist who very likely took a classmate's trauma as her own.
After platforming Dr. Oz, Jenny McCarthy and others, you'd think Oprah would hire someone with a bullshit detector she clearly lacks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/n...
After platforming Dr. Oz, Jenny McCarthy and others, you'd think Oprah would hire someone with a bullshit detector she clearly lacks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/n...
September 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Great reporting in this story about a memoirist who very likely took a classmate's trauma as her own.
After platforming Dr. Oz, Jenny McCarthy and others, you'd think Oprah would hire someone with a bullshit detector she clearly lacks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/n...
After platforming Dr. Oz, Jenny McCarthy and others, you'd think Oprah would hire someone with a bullshit detector she clearly lacks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/n...
I went down a 1987 Ryder Cup rabbit hole. Paul Azinger, No. 2 on that year's money list, was ineligible to play for the U.S. side because of a continuing education requirement!
September 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I went down a 1987 Ryder Cup rabbit hole. Paul Azinger, No. 2 on that year's money list, was ineligible to play for the U.S. side because of a continuing education requirement!
Patricia Lockwood on her favorite juvenile fiction www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/b...
September 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Patricia Lockwood on her favorite juvenile fiction www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/b...
Farmers who rely on migrant labor and voted for Trump is not a sympathetic group, I must say www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
September 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Farmers who rely on migrant labor and voted for Trump is not a sympathetic group, I must say www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox looks like sportswriter Steve Rushin
September 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox looks like sportswriter Steve Rushin
Good snapshot overall, but this Times story overstates Rep. Cleaver's appeal. He's been a replacement-level D in recent elections. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/u...
September 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Good snapshot overall, but this Times story overstates Rep. Cleaver's appeal. He's been a replacement-level D in recent elections. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/u...
Remember when Samuel Alito wrote this in Dobbs? Well, Missouri is rewriting the rules so conservative rural voters can veto popular proposals. www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
September 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Remember when Samuel Alito wrote this in Dobbs? Well, Missouri is rewriting the rules so conservative rural voters can veto popular proposals. www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
I found this convincing. The solution — mollify voters who hold pretty right-wing views about crime and immigration or they'll put an authoritarian in power — sucks though.
www.slowboring.com/p/a-boring-t...
www.slowboring.com/p/a-boring-t...
September 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I found this convincing. The solution — mollify voters who hold pretty right-wing views about crime and immigration or they'll put an authoritarian in power — sucks though.
www.slowboring.com/p/a-boring-t...
www.slowboring.com/p/a-boring-t...
Some Guys I Remember: Players selected in the 20th round of a fantasy league I was in in 2010
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defector.com/defector-and...
September 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Some Guys I Remember: Players selected in the 20th round of a fantasy league I was in in 2010
defector.com/defector-and...
defector.com/defector-and...
On Her Majesty's Secret Service is above average. Plus, Diana Rigg!
September 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
On Her Majesty's Secret Service is above average. Plus, Diana Rigg!
Sobering take by @brianbeutler.bsky.social on how hard it is to pull conservative-leaning voters away from the GOP
August 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Sobering take by @brianbeutler.bsky.social on how hard it is to pull conservative-leaning voters away from the GOP
In the mid '90s I did a silly bit for an alternative paper about life in Columbus imitating The Simpsons. Wexner/Mr. Burns similarities noted.
August 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
In the mid '90s I did a silly bit for an alternative paper about life in Columbus imitating The Simpsons. Wexner/Mr. Burns similarities noted.
David Brooks did this in his most recent column. He blamed the left for the rise of right-wing nihilism.
August 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
David Brooks did this in his most recent column. He blamed the left for the rise of right-wing nihilism.
I got irritated when I saw this on a TV at the gym this morning
August 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I got irritated when I saw this on a TV at the gym this morning