Andrei Codrescu

Commentator Andrei Codrescu is in New York City and walks in on a meeting of young radicals toasting Old Communists. He notes the fact that old commies never say "die." They just die. He listens to them, believing some of the conversations may have started in the 19th century.

Commentator Andrei Codrescu tells about his friend's dream of buying a coffee plantation in Costa Rica and making money selling beans on the Web. His friend also wants to use a certain duck that eats raw coffee beans and poops out a better bean. Of course, the friend has no money.

Commentator Andrei Codrescu ponders the disappearing American mustache. He says only bad guys have them. He was born with a mustache but recently shaved it off. Now he wonders if he really is one of the bad guys.

Commentator Andrei Codrescu brings us this glimpse of the kind of day that feeds a commentator's mind.

Commentator Andrei Codrescu hurls invective at libraries that remove dustcovers from their books. He sees this as a violation of literary dress code, much like the general public wearing T-shirts these days.

Commentator Andrei Codrescu provides a sinister, funny view of airline passengers roaming airports searching for juice for their laptops and other electronic equipment, moving like vampires hungry for blood. He is one of them.

Commentator Andrei Codrescu playfully suggests how characters can find employment in novels.

Commentator Andrei Codrescu says that when New Orleans city officials removed benches from Jackson Square to ward off vagrants, they were being untrue to the city's character.