Monthly Archive: March 2009
The Myth of Europeanism
One thing that has long baffled me has been the idea on the American Right that Europe is some kind of socialist hell-hole that borders on Communist. The thrust of the argument always seems...
the Web has a lot less to teach the print media than you think
Andrew approvingly links to more schadenfreude directed towards the newspapers. And, yes, I call it schadenfreude. I don’t want to be hard on Clay Shirky, who talks about the negative consequences of the end...
another dime in the jukebox baby…
So since Scott’s Friday Night Jukebox was less ambitious than he intended, and since the video he included has had embedding “disabled by request” I present you with an encore. Now, during my late...
Stewart v. McArdle
Megan McArdle completely misses the point of “fake news”, or at least she’s missed the point of the Daily Show, which along with the fake punditry of Stephen Colbert is just about the best...
plotting plotz on the bible
From an interview by The Daily Beast with David Plotz on his new book Good Book (which grew out of his original blogging the Bible series). I’m definitely not a better person by the...
Celebrating Bribery, Extortion, and the End of the Secret Ballot
I know that liberals really, really want to see the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), and especially its card-check provisions, pushed through as soon as possible. I also know that there is little they...
A Community of Individuals
“Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at...
It’s a generation thing…
So, a few thoughts on this video (via Andrew): First of all, this is awesome. The Westboro Baptist “Church” is a blight on this nation and on this planet. (They’re going to boycott the...
the anti-Semitic accusation as throw-away
Here’s a little passage from Jeff Goldberg that I’m afraid is remarkable only for how typical it is: It is widely believed on the blogosphere that the campaign against Freeman was coordinated by AIPAC...
Ross Douthat’s “Vertical Moment”
It appears Ross Douthat is filling the void left by Bill Kristol at the New York Times. I was hoping this would be the case, when initial speculation over Kristol’s replacement began to be...
Gunslingers
“The United States should follow the British example. It should initiate diplomatic contacts with the political wing of Hezbollah. The Obama administration should also look carefully at how to reach moderate Hamas elements and...
Background on (Neo)distributism
ED’s piece yesterday calling for a neo-distributist/localist economic order is well worth the time. As coincidence (or synchronicity?) would have it, I have been reading some books on distributism and thinking a great deal...
The End of Christianity in America
Michael Spencer predicts an evangelical collapse in the United States and Cathy Lynn Grossman of USA Today reports that virtually all Christian sects have lost followers since 1990. The only group to gain in...
A little bailout humor for a Tuesday afternoon…
Maybe this whole too-big-to-fail thing has some legs to it. Maybe that’s why fellow libertarian Stephen Gordon at the Liberty Papers is asking for a measly million dollars: Considering how easy it is to...
affinity and expectations
Andrew writes, of Gaza and the American political reaction: this assault on top of a blockade, carried out with an “iron fist” as the US was in transition from one president to another was...
Thieves
“Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.” ~G.K. Chesterton The process of determining who is to blame for our current economic crisis...
Watchmen
Saw the movie version of Watchmen tonight. There’s no particular reason to dislike the movie more than the comic book. There’s just every reason to dislike both. Watchmen, the graphic novel, is lauded for...
…speaking of home
Apparently yesterday, in the town of my birth, there was a massive explosion that levelled three buildings downtown. My parents are visiting there right now, actually, but were nowhere near the blast. Downtown will...
Home
“Something that has long perplexed me is how Americans have persuaded themselves that an important part of their freedom is to be measured by the degree of non-interference of their neighbors in their lives and the...
