Will the Real Conservatives Please Stay Where You Are?
Davey over at Theopolitical has a very sharp post up analyzing the epic (can I call it epic yet?) debate between Conor and Dan (well moderated by Br. Scott) here at the League over...
Daily Archive: June 17, 2009
Let Me Love– Til Death Do Us Part
So I wrote this piece last year for Culture11. I wanted to link to it in response to the tedious Sandra Tsing Loh, because the piece says all I want to say about her...
why are we asking for health care reform?
Reading Reihan’s post on the costs of health care reform today gave me what has become a very familiar feeling. Reihan’s post is well reasoned and written. I agree with him that health care...
Same old, same old Neocons
A reader writes Andrew: In their desire for Ahmadinejad to succeed, today’s neocons are in complete opposition to Reagan’s attitude towards the Soviet Union. Actually I would say that applies to a bunch (if...
a quote for the afternoon
“If Nixon could go to China in the wake of the Cultural Revolution, which was a hundred times more brutal and appalling than anything we have seen in Iran over the last few days,...
The Comforts of Myth
I wish that I had something worthwhile to say about Ta-Nahisi Coates’ reaction to completing McPherson’s “Battle Cry of Freedom.” Unfortunately, I can’t imagine there’s much to be said that wouldn’t detract from it. ...
“the big lie”
I wondered about this the other day. While I commend Obama’s restraint and am glad that he is not, as the neoconservatives are clamoring for, actually meddling in Iranian affairs, it did seem, as...
kindle v twitter
I suppose the difference for me between the adopting of these two technologies – Twitter and Kindle – neither of which I use (though we do have a Twitter account tied to this blog),...
talk radio for the kids
Conor revisits the talk-radio conundrum at his new Atlantic digs. I was thinking about this the other day actually. (surprise!) I sometimes try to watch a bit of Hannity or listen to some Limbaugh...
working outside
So something that’s been on my mind lately is just how much I loathe sitting at a desk all the time. I really do enjoy writing, but in order for me to attain real...
