Publius/John Blevins at Obsidian Wings has written quite a bit over the years about the issue of net neutrality. For the most part, I’ll admit, the discussion has largely made my eyes glaze over...
Let us all bow down before the legal genius of Orly Taitz and her minions, who have managed to conclude that a scheduling order entered while a motion to dismiss is pending is proof-positive...
After just glancing through the just-released CBO report [pdf] on the Baucus bill, I can only say that more than ever I believe adopting Wyden’s Free Choice Proposal [pdf] is a necessary move –...
Andrew Sullivan writes: “And, yes, Bush, despite being personally compassionate and understanding of gay men and women and hiring them from the very bottom to the very top of his administration (on the condition...
Via Doug Mataconis on Twitter (who seems to have absolutely exploded since I first encountered him 2 years ago), it seems that Sean Hannity has taken to calling himself “fairly libertarian.” Ugh.
The interesting thing about Glenn Beck is that aside from being completely crazy, his substantive views on policy (if someone like Beck can be described as having substantive views on anything) are about as...
The whiff of tokenism notwithstanding, I’m actually glad to see that there are credible black Republicans angling for high-level political office. I’ve long argued that it would be good for black people, and great...
I suppose, for many liberals and supporters of health care reform, this is long overdue. I wasn’t really paying much attention to politics in 1994, myself.
Much as I hate the use of the term “glibertarian,” and its associated line of thinking, I understood that it could have value as a perjorative for a particular type of fair-weather libertarian in many instances. ...
Following up on Joe Carter’s excellent post last week asking whether Modern Conservatism has become a cult, it occured to me that the most obvious means of answering the question in the affirmative is...
The New York Times explains “The Biden Plan”: Mr. Obama and Mr. Biden made it clear that the option Mr. Biden had proposed was not a pure counterterrorism alternative, relying only on drones and...
“The rhetorical feat that the manifesto accomplishes is in making its threats continual, without resolution. The manifesto spoils for a fight and never ceases.” – Prendergast, Catherine. “Fighting Words.” College English 72.1 (2009): 10-28.
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on Open Mic for the week of 10/14/2024It's very easy to make a lot of money if all you want to do is make a lot of money.
on Open Mic for the week of 10/14/2024Moving from one "safe" house to another? Supervising troops? Out for a smoke?
on Open Mic for the week of 10/14/2024The NYT on how the IDF came upon Sinwar: For over a year, Israel’s security establishment, backed by… on Open Mic for the week of 10/14/2024Jealous? Wanting another way to make some pocket change? ;)
on Open Mic for the week of 10/14/2024I don't think it's at all clear in 2024 what specific issue or issues we're dealing with. I thought…
on Lone Star Rising“I detest him as a person,” said Natalie Wriker, 37, who works at the Lutheran church in town, “but…
on Group Activity: VP Kamala Harris Fox News InterviewHaving reviewed it I think she did herself no significant harm and potentially some good. We also ca…
on Group Activity: VP Kamala Harris Fox News InterviewLOL: Fox News interviewed Bret Baier to ask him what HE thought of the interview. Guess what his opi… on Open Mic for the week of 10/14/2024I do think it has a lot of commonality with Christian Grift on the right, though I fear that nonprof… on Open Mic for the week of 10/14/2024DEI was basically grift for liberals or close to it. Lots of opportunities for people to make some e…
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