Alex Pareene
Alex Pareene
Alex Pareene is editor of the online news magazine Gawker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
campaigns inept regularly socially
Political journalists, socially inept or no, are not nerds. Most of them can't do math, a fact that campaigns and politicians regularly exploit.
favor won
Political battles are won when the rich favor them.
fringe hates seeking social
Only a small rich fringe hates Social Security for disincentivizing 80-year-olds from seeking full-time employment.
Most politicians are vain. Many of them are stupid.
pursuit
Modern political speechwriting is not a high-minded pursuit for brilliant talents.
certainly experience modern practice requires
Modern political speechwriting is certainly a skill, and one that requires experience and practice to master.
government massively opposition pass screw system
In our system of government, an opposition party doesn't have the ability to pass legislation, but it has the ability to massively screw things up.
case lectures series stream subjects unfamiliar variety
In case you're unfamiliar with TED, it is a series of short lectures on a variety of subjects that stream on the Internet for free.
great
I'm not great on television. That's one reason I don't do it very often.
definitely humor
I think humor can be an effective way of getting the point across, but there are definitely times where I just write very earnestly.
ad funny hacks love twitter
I love insults, devastating takedowns, things that could be described by Twitter hacks as 'shots fired,' and funny ad hominem attacks.
columnist
I guess if you want me to stop writing horrible, mean takedowns of everyone, give me a really, really cushy columnist gig.
aware good grew
I grew up in a politically aware household: very civically-minded, good Minnesota liberals.
life repetitive totally
I don't want to be totally repetitive and doing the same thing over and over again for the rest of my life. I don't want to do that at all.