Pomocon returns
Ordinarily, this would probably be the sort of thing that would go up in a minipost. But clearly James Poulos and his band require pride of place here at the League of Ordinary Gentlemen....
Monthly Archive: April 2009
The Torture Memos
(Updates below and continuing as more reactions come in…) You can read the memos here. Sullivan has some initial thoughts up here: I do not believe that any American president has ever orchestrated, constructed...
The NBA: Where a pretty predictable post-season happens
I’ve got Kobe’s Lakers over Lebron’s Cavs in five games. If the series goes to six or seven games, though, I see the Cavaliers winning it all. With Garnett out, the Magic choking, and...
The Five Horsemen of the Federal Budget
“Let’s put this simply. 80% of the budget falls into five categories: Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, Defense, Veteran’s Benefits, and Interest on the Debt. EIGHTY PERCENT. So if you don’t tell me what you’re going...
These are big protests but…
…it still feels like, despite strong attendance, the one real thing they have going for them is a catchy name.
This…
Is exactly what I was talking about. Is it an anti-Obama protest, an anti-spending protest, an anti-tax protest, an anti-illegal immigrant protest, an anti-secularism protest, or an anti-Democrat protest? Messages are painfully difficult to...
What the Iraq War Is and What it Isn’t
Let’s start with “isn’t” first: ________________________________________ It’s not a war just about spreading democracy. It’s not a war just about oil. It’s not a war just about stopping a brutal dictator who supposedly had...
Setting the Record Straight
I’d be a bit remiss if I didn’t link to this interview between Rachel Maddow and Stephen Gordon on the Tea Party protests and the conservative/libertarian divide thereon. Much as I stand by everything I wrote...
Tea Time
What can be said that hasn’t already about the Tea Party Phenomenon? Perhaps phenomon isn’t the right word. The Parties have been, it appears, co-opted (or hi-jacked) by the larger conservative movement; perhaps out-Foxed,...
Speaking of that DHS Report….
I’m with Thoreau – first in, first out. The DHS report is ridiculous, disturbing, terrifying, etc. – and for all the reasons that others have pointed out. But you can’t be selective in which...
A Plea for Engagement
Via the American Conservative, I see that Sean Scallon’s challenging article on Jimmy Carter is getting some well-deserved attention. And for that, I’m glad – it’s an interesting take on a fascinating historical figure. ...
Poor Brother Mark just can’t get any respect…
If it isn’t the intellectually-challenged on the Right accusing him of applauding Hamas’ rationality and descending into the darkness of nihilsim (funny), it’s the intellectually challenged on the Left referring to him as a Paulrandlibertruthcession-ist. Oy vey.
pentecostalization
In honor of the Easter weekend I suppose, the Sunday Magazine lead article in the NyTimes this week was about the immigration of African forms of Christianity into America, particularly of a Pentecostal variety....
I’ll Take Getting the Econ Crisis Wrong for $2,000 Alex
Sorry Mr. President this just isn’t right: The heart of this financial crisis is that too many banks and other financial institutions simply stopped lending money. Errr. The correct answer is “What is a...
Call to Arms
I think conservatives are justifiably upset by the Department of Homeland Security’s recent report on right-wing domestic terrorism. It’s not that I find the idea of violent extremism totally implausible (I don’t!), I just...
tech bleg
So I’m the kind to always build my own PCs from parts, cause I hate paying a premium, tend to build higher-end systems (where the economic advantage is highest), don’t want to pay for...
There’s GAAP and then there’s GAAAP
When I was in my graduate finance program many years ago, the accounting professors told us that the meaning of the acronym GAAP was Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. When I took my class in...
quote of the day
It must have been caused by a gay marriage in Vermont! ~commenter jaycbird over at Dreher’s digs, on why Mel Gibson’s wife is filing for divorce.
Correctly Political: Tea and Sympathy for the Devil You Know
“Children’s Tea Party,” Morton H. B. Bly, 1919 by jfxgillis R.S.V.P. Wednesday, April 15th, Tax Day (reminder to self: file tax return or else), is also the day designated by grass-roots conservatives as a...
Fragmentation
Esteemed co-blogger Chris Dierkes has a challenging post on the democratic process. Here’s a decent summary: In our late modern (or postmodern if you like) world, with the proliferation of many interests and sub-interests,...
