Monthly Archive: July 2009
Academic obscurantism for the sake of . . . what?
Among other relics from middle school, my CD case still contains well-worn copies of both Pinkerton and The Blue Album, so I read Jeffrey Rosenberg’s Rosenfeld’s undergraduate thesis on Weezer’s odd career arc with...
Roman Holiday
Conor points out that restaurateurs in Rome go out of their way to overcharge tourists:
“But again, if the gentlemen said, ‘I like the way the swastika looked,’ and had clean criminal record, it’s possible we would allow that person in.”
A very frightening article from Salon on Neo-Nazis and the military.
…and again and again and again…
I have joined the increasingly long (2 pages now!) and, as I said before, decreasingly witty list “The World’s Most Deranged Bloggers” thanks to the omnipresent force that is Mark Levin. I am now,...
Correctly Political: “Corner”ing the Market in Catholic teaching
~by jfxgillis I. Now and Then and Now Pope Benedict XVI issued an encyclical this week expressing Church doctrine with respect to the global political economy. I knew it would be described in the...
Public Square Conservatives (aka The Downtown Blockers)
Alright…to jump into the Front Porcher vs. PomoCon debate, this from Carl Scott, friend of Ivan Kenneally posted by Ivan over at PomoCon: Where do the Porchers want to go? Or where should they? ...
On Blogging
Felix Salmon has some advice for prospective bloggers. The whole thing is worth reading, but this segment jumped out at me: As always, there’s a trade-off between quantity and quality. Should you write more,...
Sunday Poem Series
(Freddie would like to remind you that the views expressed in the poem are the views of the poet and not necessarily the same as his own.) Once in Awhile a Protest Poem by...
Whigs!
I just finished reading Daniel Walker Howe’s What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America 1815-1848. As best I can judge, it’s a fine book. I’m especially pleased with its treatment of religion in...
quote of the day
“I’d gladly pay $5a month to have the NYT delivered to me via the magic of the Internet. If this were 1995. Back then, the prospect of getting “the best newspaper in the world”...
nota bene
Because conservatism is the ideological inclination much more inclined towards purges of the unfaithful message discipline, reformist conservatives, when given the opportunity, flog orthodox messages with a little extra zeal; thus, this broadside which...
A Pox on Both Houses: Honduras Edition
My Honduras post the other day (which, I swear, was not asking a merely rhetorical question) drew some, err, strong reactions. But regardless of what position you take on the situation, I highly recommend reading GWU...
on the other hand
John mines a few laughs and a salient point from a story about the attempt to regulate yoga. And, it’s true, that story’s pretty funny, and I think John is on the right track...
One Last Thing About the Palin Inquisition
In the comments, I keep hearing about how Sarah Palin’s personal life is relevant because she made it part of her campaign. Well, yeah – but that’s a reason not to scrutinize her personal...
Debating Sarah Palin
Yours truly (doing his best to represent The League) is debating the great Sarah Palin question at PublicSquare today through this weekend. My opening argument is here. My sparring partner is Morgen Richmond from...
