So I covered the Pittsburgh G20 at True/Slant and Philadelphia City Paper, which was amusing. Additional reports are forthcoming at Next American City magazine. My basic observation: The City of Pittsburgh called in way too many cops and the Protesters of Pittsburgh didn't know how to contend with them. What's the next step in organized resistence? I have no idea, but someone better get there fast. Otherwise, resistance movements are in jeopardy.

I've begun blogging over at True/Slant because it's an interesting idea (a kind of steroidal version of both blogs and Web forums) and because it promises compensation. Yesterday's post was about the odd tendency to blame opinionated talking heads for society's ills: