Robert David Sullivan
Writing consultant, journalist, and expert in demographics and American politics. Follow me on Twitter @RobertDSullivan.
Top 100 sitcom episodes of all time
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America magazine
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What is Christmas without the department store? (Boston Globe)
Cato Institute: Choosy voters choose smaller government
Obamacare and motherhood
"Girls" and the sitcom fantasy of being rescued from yourself
The 10 worst things about Boston
"Diversity density" in Boston and elsewhere (Boston Globe Ideas)
A typology of stupid sitcom characters
Where were Obama's biggest gains for the Democrats in 2008?
Everywhere an outlier: What each state does best in presidential politics
10 regions of Massachusetts politics: How Deval Patrick won
Tom Menino and the art of "satisficing"
Last call: The disappearance of Boston's gay bars
Amazon.com Widgets
Some favorite sites
Ambitionectomy (comic illustrations)
CommonWealth magazine
Extra Criticum
Media Nation
New England Folklore
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
The Classic TV History Blog
Universal Hub | All Boston, all the time
Recent Posts
Dear God, let me vote for someone younger than me before I die
Reading the news is torture enough. Watching TV shouldn’t be.
Nobody trusts anybody, and that's great news for authoritarians
Don't shoot in the subway, darling
Replacement theory and NIMBYism have the same racist roots
Yes, population decline is bad
Second shot, second shot at life?
How immigration affects the three Americas
14 maps on how the Democrats and Republicans carved up America
Why You Will Be Single With the Wrong Person
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How has the culture of TV (and TV-watching) changed? (The A.V. Club)
In Defense of the Multi-Camera Sitcom (Jaime Weinman)
A Very Special Episode (The A.V. Club)
Harry's Law (actually about TV's bizarre ratings system) (Emily VanDerWerff)
Undercover Black Man: Thoughts on theme
22 TV Opening-Credit Sequences That Fit Their Shows Perfectly (A.V. Club)
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
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Transportation
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Of note elsewhere
A History of Tipping (The Smart Set)
Calvin Trillin on poutine (The New Yorker) (paywall)
Hey Everybody, Let's All Go To The Beach And Complain
Dogs smarter than cats, study claims
Gene Weingarten on web comments: Sirloin steak with a side of maggots
Metal detecting: The world's worst hobby (Emily Yoffe, Slate Magazine)
Railway car churches
So You Love Punctuation? Write a Letter to Your Favorite Mark
The best vacation ever - The Boston Globe
The Catholic Nun Who Came to New York to Confront the AIDS Crisis
The Coolest Locksmith Shop in New York City (Scouting NY)
The Dogs Who Ride Trains
The Other Detroit (Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic)