Daily Archive: September 11, 2009

9/11

Matt Zeitlin’s post on 9/11 is top notch, and I recommend that you read it.  Here’s an excerpt: One would hope that America’s size, strength and influence would breed a certain sense of responsibility...

9/11

After eight years, the best sentiment remains the one immortalized by a classmate’s homemade t-shirt the day after the attacks: “Fuck Terrorism.”

general welfare

I got a bit of a kick reading Ian Millhiser’s Rally ‘Round the True Constitution.  He does a spectacular job of fearmongering by suggesting that “Tenthers”, his derogatory term for conservative politicians who, in opposition to...

Point of Order

An unanticipated side-effect of Joe Wilson’s outburst has been a pretty interesting discussion of parliamentary procedure, both at home and abroad. Congress Matters explains the relevant Senate rules and Andrew Sullivan compares Wilson’s interjection...

Birthers vs. Truthers

Jonah Goldberg lands some solid blows against the Left’s knee-jerk defense of Van Jones here, but contrasting the travails of our dearly-departed green jobs czar with the conservative establishment’s response to the “Birther” movement...