This post from Jonah Lehrer is interesting, but I also wonder if it’s entirely correct: Why don’t...
Month: August 2009
Two essential reads: 1) Adam Serwer takes on the Washington Post; 2) Peter Bergen takes on Dick...
Stranger things have happened, but this is still worth noting. It turns out that a slim majority...
Spoiler Alert:Â Not likely. Dr. Andrew Enterline and Joseph Magagnoli (a grad student of Enterline’s) have co-written...
I’ve been secretly infatuated with American fast food since about the third grade, when I got my...
Parents consistently rate their child’s education far higher than the country as a whole.
I think I’d be downright enthusiastic about Bill Bradley’s plan to marry health care reform with tort...
The continuing debate on circumcision and HIV infection is very strange. Circumcision is tangential to the politics...
Who Goes with Fergus? by William Butler Yeats WHO will go drive with Fergus now, And pierce...
Over the past few days, a few people have pointed me to this GQ profile of Ted...
Matt Labash on Marion Barry is not to be missed. Another point in favor of subscribing to...
Upon learning that Noel Gallagher has quit Oasis you’re probably asking the same question I am:Â Oasis...
“Every time you hear some version of the imperative “Believe!” cringe and fear for the future. It...
1. It is disheartening to watch conservatives take up the mantle of Defenders of Medicare, even going...
Will Wilkinson thinks people should be allowed to carry guns around the President. Commenter JK asks: What...
For all the people defending bringing a gun to a political protest: if we go beyond merely...
Let your eyes rest on this argument for while, and be amazed. Matt Steinglass has weighed in...
I’m late to the discussion of politicians’ unique psychological defects, but this entry from Will Wilkinson caught...
Utah Republican Senator Orrin Hatch composed and performed this song for long-time friend and Senate opponent Ted...
