Daily Archive: October 21, 2009

/// October 21, 2009

Reform Conservatism, Not Conservatives

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...

Freddie

/// October 21, 2009

radical Jainism makes more sense to me than veganism

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...

Will

/// October 21, 2009

I don’t know if this is the best thing Andrew Sullivan has written . . .

But it’s pretty damn close. You really should read the whole thing.

Will

/// October 21, 2009

This is all an elaborate joke, right?

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 . ....

Jamelle

/// October 21, 2009

Only Lovers Democrats Left Alive

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...

Chris Dierkes

/// October 21, 2009

Quote for the Day

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...

Freddie

/// October 21, 2009

more of the same

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...

Will

/// October 21, 2009

You can go your own way

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...

Chris Dierkes

/// October 21, 2009

Reviewing Obama’s War Part III: Rory Stewart

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...

Mark of New Jersey

/// October 21, 2009

Reminder of the Day

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...

Erik Kain

/// October 21, 2009

Wyden’s Free Choice Act

At my other digs, I pimp out Sen. Ron Wyden and shake my head at the nonsense of Max Baucus and the Democrats.

Freddie

/// October 21, 2009

nota bene

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 .