It’s clear to me that Conor and to a lesser extent Rod don’t understand what Jamelle, Freddie, E.D., and myself have been driving at in our various critiques of reform-minded conservatism. Conor’s misunderstanding is...
Let me preface this by saying that I couldn’t care less about what people choose to eat, whether it’s no meat or all meat or no wheatgerm or whatever. I can’t imagine wanting to...
But it’s pretty damn close. You really should read the whole thing.
Freddie must have infiltrated Slate’s editorial staff to write this gem, which masquerades as a serious defense of Creed’s musical stylings. Wait, what’s that you say? It’s not a parody? Oh dear . ....
This is a good point (via Cogitamus): As long as there was still a good distance to go before a bill was passed, Business Dog Dems could afford to be Business Dogs – to...
A Salami: The perfect blend of subtle irony, seriousness, futurism, and wonkhood. To wit, here’s Reihan in his interview with The Economist: In the far future, I imagine that there will be bipartisan cooperation...
Part of what makes the Israel-Palestine debate so wearying is that so many fundamental broken arguments have a remarkable persistence. This is largely a result of the huge role that emotionalism, ad hominem and...
Many readers are undoubtedly suspicious of self-indulgent exercises in libertarian wankery, but this excellent dialogue from Reason raises some interesting questions about the nature of governance, freedom and culture. As someone who grew up...
Part I here, Part II here. The Obama administration has proposed a very, very narrow objective, which is counterterrorism, and a very maximalist, broad definition of how to achieve it, which extends to counterinsurgency...
KipEsquire, on Twitter: “Still get the giggles at Twitterers whose Bio lines read “Conservative. Libertarian.” What’s next – “Mormon. Jew.”?” Well, in addition to attempting the “Conservative. Libertarian.” double, Mitt Romney has also legendarily...
At my other digs, I pimp out Sen. Ron Wyden and shake my head at the nonsense of Max Baucus and the Democrats.
The recently-interviewed Conor Friedersdorf is starting a twitter feed where he aggregates what he feels is the best nonfiction writing. Check it out at http://twitter.com/JournoCurator .
Devcat is spending time with extended family right now. After some intermittent hiccups, our web host moved us to a new server. With any luck, performance will improve.
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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