Monthly Archive: March 2009

/// March 25, 2009

Extricating Oneself From a Buzz-Saw

On further review, I’m persuaded that I overstated the argument that localism requires globalism. Says the pro-free trade James Joyner: While they of course retain distinct local flavors, it’s amazing how similar the major metropolitan areas...

Dave

/// March 24, 2009

It may a horrible, terrible, no good, rotten and dirty plan but it’s the best we have for now…

Br. E.D. has a post on the next phase of figuring out how to salvage our banking system. He cites a number of people who express concern with the program. He is concerned with this...

Erik Kain

/// March 24, 2009

A Eulogy

This piece in the Washington Monthly is a pretty insightful look at the short life of Culture11.

Mark of New Jersey

/// March 24, 2009

The Trouble with PETA

Ingrid Newkirk wants to shock us into awareness of animal suffering by demanding in her will that her corpse be treated as if it were an animal’s. This strategy, like so much of PETA’s...

Freddie

/// March 24, 2009

Somebody actually

got paid for writing this.

Mark of New Jersey

/// March 24, 2009

Localism Saved by Globalism, Cont’d

UPDATE, 3/25: In response to some accurate criticism, I have pulled back some of the arguments made in the below post; my revised argument can be found here. The good Mr. Dr. Larison has...

Erik Kain

/// March 23, 2009

Two Individualisms

The discussion surrounding community, individualism, materialism, and the current economic and political crisis is anything but a discussion of perfect definitions or easy answers, and much of it is lodged only in vague theoretical...

Erik Kain

/// March 23, 2009

quote for today

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable...

Mark of New Jersey

/// March 23, 2009

Why Localism Requires Globalism

UPDATE, 3/25: In response to some accurate criticism, I have pulled back some of the arguments made in the below post; my revised argument can be found here. Over the last few weeks, some...

Erik Kain

/// March 23, 2009

Thank God for modern…

…medicine, or at least dentistry. I was in the dentist chair today and thinking to myself how much worse this would be without things like novacaine and modern fillings and so forth. I was...

Erik Kain

/// March 23, 2009

This…

…is weird. Expect good South park episodes to follow:

Erik Kain

/// March 23, 2009

Geithner’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Bank Plan

This is my third financial/economic/treasury round-up. I am not an expert in these matters so what I’ve been trying to do is bring some expert voices to the League in order to better flesh...

Erik Kain

/// March 22, 2009

Some Helpful Explanations

Via Br. Dave, probably the best, simplest explanation of the credit crisis I’ve seen thus far. It doesn’t go terribly deep, and leaves out a lot, but it gives a great visual summary of...

Freddie

/// March 22, 2009

Sunday Poem

The Portent by Herman Melville HANGING from the beam, Slowing swaying (such the law), Gaunt the shadow on your green, Shenandoah! The cut is on the crown (Lo, John Brown), And the stabs shall...

Erik Kain

/// March 22, 2009

The Japan Option

During his campaign, Barack Obama promised to talk with Iran – to open dialog with Tehran without preconditions, whether or not it’s met with bluster or deceipt on the part of the Mullahs. His...

Freddie

/// March 21, 2009

One fantastic way for you to keep in shape,

Michael, would be to join that army that you are so desperate to send out to every corner of the earth. Think about it!

Erik Kain

/// March 21, 2009

Economics Round-Up, or: Why We are All Screwed

I don’t know about anybody else, but this whole treasury/bailout/banking thing is just mind-numbing and overwhelming and I find myself in turns going from angry to confused to depressed to giggling and I’m just...

Erik Kain

/// March 21, 2009

Who needs JournoList…

….when you’ve got “Twit?“

Freddie

/// March 21, 2009

Jacob Weisberg, I promise– I promise– 100 years from today, millions of paper-and-ink books will be being printed. I promise.

Freddie

/// March 21, 2009

what the Journolist kerfuffle suggests

This whole Journolist fracas that has been kicking around lately has again dredged up some of my suspicions about how the right really views the institutions they consider to be on the left. Look,...