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 working on correcting some bugs that came with the last WP update.
on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25In actual good news, the Supreme Court declines to hear a case asking it to overturn Sullivan and in…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25I think every Democratic incumbent should face a primary challenge. If for no other reason than to s… on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25Trump signs another sweeping executive order against lawyer who were somehow associated with somethi… on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25Ganz covers the Atlantic debacle well: https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-worst-and-the-dimmest "…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25Everyone just freaked out. There was no real analysis, it was all “something must be done, won’t som…
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on Columbia, Mahmoud Khalil, and Protest ExpectationsI'm not grading your papers, you are. What that says about either of us, I leave to the reader.
on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25Jonathan Chait has an article in the Atlantic (reprinted here at AOL): Why the COVID Reckoning Is So…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25As someone who'd ban ALL campaign contributions, this is not a disqualifier for me. Plus, I don't li…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25I provided a link of her rallying against AIPAC on social media.
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