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Tag: People

• In Defense Of Paris Hilton — A defense of persona, privilege, and the machine that mocked Paris Hilton while building her platform.
• The People Who Come for the Fireworks — On the baseball purist, the Chatters, the mascot loyalists, and everyone who came for a whole evening instead of one correct reason.
• The Reason — On the people who make a ballpark feel like a place worth returning to.
• Between-Innings Republic — On the small civic universe that appears between outs: mascot races, birthday announcements, T-shirt cannons, confidently executed dance moves, and an emcee holding the whole thing together with a microphone.
• Did I Just See You On ESPN? — On ESPN, Jersey Diners, and the kind of minor league magic that lasts.
• Sparkee's Job Is Harder Than Yours — On public joy, nonverbal fluency, and the hidden work of keeping an entire ballpark in the game.
• In Defense Of Tony Robbins — A defense of the thunderclap, the arena corny, and hope loud enough for people who could not hear it any other way.
• In Defense Of Gilbert Gottfried — A defense of comic nerve, bad timing, and the pressure valve after grief.
• In Defense Of Barbra Streisand — For the person who was never small, never apologetic enough, and never interested in being edited down for comfort.
• In Defense Of Andrew Silverstein — A defense of character work, performance masks, and the difference between Andrew Silverstein and the creature called Dice.