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It’s just us.", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/aint-no-justice-its-just-us/", "published_at": "2015-12-18T16:20:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c506-a4df-72df-84a1-2c24fedb534f", "title": "Old faces and fresh dishonor", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/2376-2/", "published_at": "2015-11-25T06:16:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c506-a4df-72df-84a1-2c24ff724659", "title": "The frauds of memory, the limits of penitence. 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Not at all.", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/wrong-wrong-wrong/", "published_at": "2015-05-15T20:08:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c506-a4df-72df-84a1-2c2504e1bc0a", "title": "Zero tolerance is exactly what it sounds like:", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/zero-tolerance-is-exactly-what-it-sounds-like/", "published_at": "2015-05-08T19:22:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c506-a4df-72df-84a1-2c25057882bb", "title": "A Maryland Film Festival panel slated", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/a-maryland-film-festival-panel-slated/", "published_at": "2015-05-05T00:45:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c506-a4df-72df-84a1-2c2506226afc", "title": "Baltimore", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/baltimore/", "published_at": "2015-04-27T21:38:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c506-a4df-72df-84a1-2c2506bdf46c", "title": "Ladies and gentlemen, The Intrinsics: A parental kvell", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-intrinsics-a-parental-kvell/", "published_at": "2015-03-05T20:28:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c506-a4df-72df-84a1-2c2507479d63", "title": "Reprinted without permission", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/reprinted-without-permission/", "published_at": "2015-01-09T04:44:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c517-d7a9-704b-84ad-4283d4b70c8d", "title": "Kirby Delauter is a putz", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/kirby-delauter-is-a-putz/", "published_at": "2015-01-07T03:57:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c517-d7a9-704b-84ad-4283d546b3f2", "title": "Ted Lippman (1929-2014)", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/ted-lippman-1929-2014/", "published_at": "2014-12-18T03:04:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c517-d7a9-704b-84ad-4283d62ea772", "title": "American torture", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/american-torture/", "published_at": "2014-12-10T15:35:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c517-d7a9-704b-84ad-4283d7038708", "title": "The Wire in HD (updated with video clips)", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/the-wire-hd-with-videos/", "published_at": "2014-12-03T15:30:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c517-d7a9-704b-84ad-4283d73a0ba4", "title": "The Wire in HD", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/the-wire-in-hd/", "published_at": "2014-12-02T22:06:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c517-d7a9-704b-84ad-4283d7d05db0", "title": "Comeback Clip", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/comeback-clip/", "published_at": "2014-11-15T16:26:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c517-d7a9-704b-84ad-4283d867d7bb", "title": "The Wire and Baltimore", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/the-wire-and-baltimore/", "published_at": "2014-11-11T07:31:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c517-d7a9-704b-84ad-4283d8cbfe3b", "title": "The endgame for American civic responsibility Pt. 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To reiterate:", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/commentary-on-martin-zimmerman-to-reiterate/", "published_at": "2013-07-17T03:40:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c522-c609-725a-a395-38d7d116648c", "title": "More proof that twitter sucks. (Updated)", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/more-proof-that-twitter-sucks/", "published_at": "2013-07-16T15:58:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c522-c609-725a-a395-38d7d1241e0a", "title": "Trayvon: Calling it", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/trayvon-calling-it/", "published_at": "2013-07-16T03:38:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c522-c609-725a-a395-38d7d195a7cd", "title": "Trayvon", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/trayvon/", "published_at": "2013-07-14T03:12:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c522-c609-725a-a395-38d7d1b3832a", "title": "The banality of ideology", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/the-banality-of-ideology/", "published_at": "2013-07-09T04:19:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c522-c609-725a-a395-38d7d24ef758", "title": "Chickens, coming home.", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/chickens-coming-home/", "published_at": "2013-07-03T20:05:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52e-3171-7088-af52-c4f771bf2ad5", "title": "Fear the Bird: The Sports Illustrated reprise.", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/fear-the-bird-the-sports-illustrated-reprise/", "published_at": "2013-06-27T03:00:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52e-3171-7088-af52-c4f771d6fefc", "title": "A good argument demands some rigor.", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/a-good-argument-demands-some-rigor/", "published_at": "2013-06-24T16:32:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52e-3171-7088-af52-c4f7729192f0", "title": "The “Nigger Wake-Up Call”", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/the-nigger-wake-up-call/", "published_at": "2013-06-19T04:23:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52e-3171-7088-af52-c4f772fbf0f1", "title": "Now. And this. And, if true, the time and place to draw the line. (But not true: UPDATE)", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/now-now-its-a-scandal/", "published_at": "2013-06-16T00:53:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52e-3171-7088-af52-c4f773e98e7d", "title": "To and Fro. And Real Respect To Mr. Shirky For Checking In, Regardless.", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/to-and-fro-and-real-respect-to-mr-shirky-for-checking-in-regardless/", "published_at": "2013-06-14T15:12:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52e-3171-7088-af52-c4f774456994", "title": "The Guardian: I Am Straw Man, Reborn", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/i-am-straw-man-reborn/", "published_at": "2013-06-12T23:27:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52e-3171-7088-af52-c4f774bba34f", "title": "Counter-Arguments: Gathered and Answered", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/counter-arguments-gathered-and-answered/", "published_at": "2013-06-12T04:57:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52e-3171-7088-af52-c4f774f53a1b", "title": "NSA and FISA commentary: Calling it.", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/nsa-and-fisa-commentary-calling-it/", "published_at": "2013-06-09T03:40:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52e-3171-7088-af52-c4f7754eac29", "title": "We are shocked, shocked…", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/we-are-shocked-shocked/", "published_at": "2013-06-07T16:23:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52e-3171-7088-af52-c4f775a105f6", "title": "James Agee, and the delicate pursuit of narrative non-fiction.", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/james-agee-and-the-delicate-pursuit-of-narrative-non-fiction/", "published_at": "2013-06-04T15:52:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52e-3171-7088-af52-c4f775a9abbf", "title": "A family history as microcosm and our national divide.", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/memorial-day-a-family-as-microcosm/", "published_at": "2013-05-27T16:05:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52e-3171-7088-af52-c4f775c78860", "title": "Why I don’t tweet. Example #47", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/why-i-dont-tweet-example-47/", "published_at": "2013-05-16T03:29:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52e-3171-7088-af52-c4f776575180", "title": "“Do You Know Who I Am?”", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/do-you-know-who-i-am/", "published_at": "2013-04-22T16:39:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52e-3171-7088-af52-c4f7768ac685", "title": "Dead children and monied politicians.", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/dead-children-and-monied-politicians/", "published_at": "2013-04-18T08:32:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52e-3171-7088-af52-c4f776fcbe8b", "title": "Gus Triandos (1930-2013)", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/gus-triandos-1930-2013/", "published_at": "2013-04-09T16:22:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52e-3171-7088-af52-c4f777f6c883", "title": "Robert Chew, December 28, 1960 – January 17, 2013", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/robert-chew-1961-2013/", "published_at": "2013-01-19T04:30:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52e-3171-7088-af52-c4f778a5a413", "title": "Addendum: The National Review and the deaths of schoolchildren", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/addendum-the-national-review-and-the-deaths-of-schoolchildren/", "published_at": "2012-12-20T06:01:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52e-3171-7088-af52-c4f77914b79a", "title": "Newtown, Conn.", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/newtown-conn/", "published_at": "2012-12-18T04:57:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52e-3171-7088-af52-c4f7796527d3", "title": "Entitlement and celebrity, and the work itself", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/entitlement-and-celebrity-and-the-work-itself/", "published_at": "2012-12-04T17:02:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52e-3171-7088-af52-c4f779a28835", "title": "A brutal reprise in Florida", "url": "https://davidsimon.com/a-brutal-reprise-in-florida/", "published_at": "2012-11-29T19:46:10+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Reposted from X: A rant to be preserved.original ↗
7 Jul 2026

2025

Lauraoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2025

2023

A letter for leniencyoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2023
Mr. Belafonte, sir.original ↗
28 Apr 2023

2022

Die Of Boils, Mr. Sparky Car.original ↗
14 Nov 2022
Sean Suiteroriginal ↗
14 Jun 2022

2020

Dorothy Simon, 1923-2020original ↗
22 Sept 2020

2019

“But I’m not a lawyer. I’m an agent.”original ↗
18 Mar 2019

2018

Malpracticeoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2018
A Fuckbonnet For Our Time.original ↗
12 Sept 2018
Wrap on season two of The Deuceoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2018
Intro Slideoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2018
Annapolisoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2018
Fare thee well, scrotelicks.original ↗
4 Jul 2018
Tonyoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2018
Bourdainoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2018
Interview in Spain with regard to the proposed Abraham Lincoln Battalion project.original ↗
16 Apr 2018

2017

Full text of letter in support of leniency for Marc Henry Johnsonoriginal ↗
7 Aug 2017
Maybe, He Thought, He’d Wind Up At Entebbeoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2017
Remarks on John Waters receiving the 2017 WGA Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Career Achievementoriginal ↗
21 Feb 2017

2016

The Book that Changed Meoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2016
Nightcopsoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2016
What’s My Line?original ↗
1 Feb 2016
What I did on my humble-brag trip to Western Marylandoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2016

2015

Ain’t no justice. It’s just us.original ↗
18 Dec 2015
Old faces and fresh dishonororiginal ↗
25 Nov 2015
The frauds of memory, the limits of penitence. And baseball.original ↗
19 Nov 2015
Allen Toussaint (1938-2015)original ↗
10 Nov 2015
Grievous assimilation on the streets of New Yorkoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2015
Some brief correspondence regarding the Chicago Cubsoriginal ↗
22 Oct 2015
Probably smarter, possibly funnier.original ↗
11 Sept 2015
A good day to be an Americanoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2015
Father’s Day Redux: Pickles & Creamoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2015
Mr. O’Malley’s Bad Mathoriginal ↗
18 May 2015
Not wrong. Not at all.original ↗
15 May 2015
Zero tolerance is exactly what it sounds like:original ↗
8 May 2015
A Maryland Film Festival panel slatedoriginal ↗
5 May 2015
Baltimoreoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2015
Ladies and gentlemen, The Intrinsics: A parental kvelloriginal ↗
5 Mar 2015
Reprinted without permissionoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2015
Kirby Delauter is a putzoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2015

2014

Ted Lippman (1929-2014)original ↗
18 Dec 2014
American tortureoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2014
The Wire in HD (updated with video clips)original ↗
3 Dec 2014
The Wire in HDoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2014
Comeback Cliporiginal ↗
15 Nov 2014
The Wire and Baltimoreoriginal ↗
11 Nov 2014
The endgame for American civic responsibility Pt. IIIoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2014
The endgame for American civic responsibility Pt. IIoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2014
The endgame for American civic responsibility. Pt. Ioriginal ↗
14 Aug 2014
Robin Williams: A brief encounteroriginal ↗
12 Aug 2014
A quantum of Orioleoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2014
The nationalist veiloriginal ↗
24 Jul 2014
Within the Acela cocoonoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2014
Libel per se – UPDATED TWICEoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2014
It’s carnival timeoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2014
Bill Moyers, for a second bite of the apple.original ↗
30 Jan 2014
Pete Seeger, 1919-2014original ↗
28 Jan 2014
“The highway’s jammed with broken heroes…”original ↗
9 Jan 2014

2013

Treme sign-off in the New Orleans Times-Picayuneoriginal ↗
31 Dec 2013
The Pogues project – clarifiedoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2013
Shooting Michael B. Jordanoriginal ↗
3 Dec 2013
And now my emphasis added. (Emphasis mine.)original ↗
15 Nov 2013
Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2013: Some People are More Equal than Othersoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2013
Caption contest, though I believe Mrs. Simon has already won.original ↗
11 Nov 2013
A rugged individualist punches into the Disney compound.original ↗
10 Nov 2013
Kick it over.original ↗
1 Nov 2013
Lost in a symptom: The Nation on marijuana reformoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2013
Slavery, a film narrative and the empty myth of original intent.original ↗
30 Oct 2013
Elmore Leonard (1925-2013)original ↗
20 Aug 2013
Liner notes essay – Steve Earle’s new boxed setoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2013
Betrayal, thy name is Bourdain.original ↗
25 Jul 2013
The Koch brothers and The Baltimore Sunoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2013
Doubling downoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2013
Comments on Martin-Zimmerman. To reiterate:original ↗
17 Jul 2013
More proof that twitter sucks. (Updated)original ↗
16 Jul 2013
Trayvon: Calling itoriginal ↗
16 Jul 2013
Trayvonoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2013
The banality of ideologyoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2013
Chickens, coming home.original ↗
3 Jul 2013
Fear the Bird: The Sports Illustrated reprise.original ↗
27 Jun 2013
A good argument demands some rigor.original ↗
24 Jun 2013
The “Nigger Wake-Up Call”original ↗
19 Jun 2013
Now. And this. And, if true, the time and place to draw the line. (But not true: UPDATE)original ↗
16 Jun 2013
To and Fro. And Real Respect To Mr. Shirky For Checking In, Regardless.original ↗
14 Jun 2013
The Guardian: I Am Straw Man, Rebornoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2013
Counter-Arguments: Gathered and Answeredoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2013
NSA and FISA commentary: Calling it.original ↗
9 Jun 2013
We are shocked, shocked…original ↗
7 Jun 2013
James Agee, and the delicate pursuit of narrative non-fiction.original ↗
4 Jun 2013
A family history as microcosm and our national divide.original ↗
27 May 2013
Why I don’t tweet. Example #47original ↗
16 May 2013
“Do You Know Who I Am?”original ↗
22 Apr 2013
Dead children and monied politicians.original ↗
18 Apr 2013
Gus Triandos (1930-2013)original ↗
9 Apr 2013
Robert Chew, December 28, 1960 – January 17, 2013original ↗
19 Jan 2013

2012

Addendum: The National Review and the deaths of schoolchildrenoriginal ↗
20 Dec 2012
Newtown, Conn.original ↗
18 Dec 2012
Entitlement and celebrity, and the work itselforiginal ↗
4 Dec 2012
A brutal reprise in Floridaoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2012
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