That's funny, I still think of Charlie Pierce as the clinically manic guy that makes WBUR's "Only A Game" something other than a George Will-style exercise in elitism. One of the few personalities reliably two steps ahead of where my joke compass is pointing.

I get my fix over on Altercation. One example: http://mediamatters.org/altercation/200707200009 . Massive elite points for using the term "agate".