Monthly Archive: April 2009

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....

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...

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...

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,...

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. ...

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...

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,...