Personal Politics
Since the wattage of Palin-mania is currently at full blast, causing rolling blog brown outs, I think it’s worth stepping back for a second and discussing what is and isn’t valuable information when studying...
Monthly Archive: November 2009
Maybe credit cards don’t encourage spending
An interesting counterpoint to the David Ramsey “no credit” creed I linked to below:
The Monks of Mount Athos
I was lucky enough to visit Mount Athos when my parents lived in Thessaloniki, and the trip has stayed with me for a long time. National Geographic has an article on the monasteries and...
Overcompensation or necessary correction?
Megan McArdle has a fascinating article on anti-debt evangelist David Ramsey, whose advice on personal finance sounds pretty darn sensible.
quote for the day II
“Since the Dish has tried to be rigorous and careful in analyzing Palin’s unhinged grip on reality from the very beginning – specifically her fantastic story of her fifth pregnancy – we feel it’s...
Gay marriage and religious liberty ctd.
“E.D., please note, is a supporter of same-sex marriage, and believes the Catholic Church is very wrong to oppose it. But he’s starting to see that gay marriage really is a threat to religious...
The Acid Test for Conservative Populism
A few weeks ago, The Nation had a great editorial on breaking up the banks: The heart of our predicament is the Too Big to Fail (TBTF) problem. Banks have grown so large that...
my thoughts exactly
Commenter “SmartHippo” on the Sherdog.com mixed martial arts forum: My feelings towards MMA are kind of similar to my feelings toward metal. I love metal, and I respect it. I do, in one sense,...
Google’s Attempt to Takeover the World Reaches New Levels
Wow. This morning Google announced that it has launched a new feature on Google Scholar that makes it possible for anyone, anywhere, to do a comprehensive search of every published court decision in the country. This is huge...
More Blawging: Restoring Privileges and Immunities
Patrick at Popehat has the goods on why even pro-gun control liberals ought to be rooting for Alan Gura in the latest 2nd Amendment case that he is bringing before the Supreme Court. I...
Same Sex Marriage, the Courts, and Religious Liberty: How Much of a Conflict?
Time for some blawging. Rod Dreher makes the case, once again, that same-sex marriage presents a unique and unavoidable conflict that will drastically undermine religious liberty in this nation, concluding that the “conflict between gay...
sports metrics and the problem with unconventional wisdom
The more that I think about it, the more that I think the “metrics” school of sports analysis is the perfect example for understanding the limitations of insurgent intellectual movements. I have never known...
More Voices for a Nonbelligerency Process
Roger Cohen is on board with ending the Peace Process and moving to a de facto ceasefire (though admittedly still pretty awful ) in Israel-Palestine. Money quote:
For the record
Predictably enough, Obama has attracted some nonsensical criticism for reiterating his support for the “one-China” principle. So it’s worth remembering that Bush not only opposed formally recognizing Taiwanese independence, he was actually criticized for...
Our Twitterific Future
A few weeks ago, I lamented my inability to finish long, difficult books. Over at First Thoughts, Jared Bridges offers a more hopeful interpretation of our changing reading habits.
Car question for readers
2000 Honda CR-V with 142,000 miles @ $5300 vs. 1999 Honda CR-V with 114,000 miles @ $6500. Both in good shape.
Bill Belichek, Randian Superhero
Though my heart belongs to the Redskins, I am an unabashed Patriots apologist (I mean, you have to find a team to root for in the playoffs, right?). I admire their consistency. I admire...
You say Obama, I say Osama
I read this post over at The Dish and quite honestly thought it said “Obama” and not “Osama.” Which changes everything, of course. Read the following passage substituting the word Osama with Obama: Paul...
