Year: 2009
Mark: Something I’ve been noticing lately is that the perjorative “centrist” has been getting applied with increasing...
Esteemed Ordinary Gentleman E.D. reads the Manhattan Declaration and remarks: “Well, this is the trajectory of the...
Meghan Keane really, really doesn’t like the direction The Office is headed. Â I’m a little confused by...
So it looks like the US’ recent history of bad fortune in the World Cup draw is...
Here’s Helen Rittelmeyer on Charles Johnson’s grand departure from “the right”: Apostasy pieces are never about delivering...
Disney’s Robin Hood: Harmless children’s story or covert rightwing parable?
Best option for a man who thinks he will cheat is an open relationship, I’m talking wide...
Fascinating photos of the improbable city.
Well, this is the trajectory of the modern Christian right. Â Its leaders have signed this declaration, further...
Here. It may be the most persuasive Human Events article I’ve ever read (via).
Stephen Walt tallies the human cost of US interventionism in the Middle East. Some people will inevitably...
A while back, William Brafford wrote about Michael Walzer, author of “Political Action: The Problem of Dirty...
Arises via Ta-Nehisi Coates. When discussing Dragon Age, he refers to a potential for (human) man on...
Via Will Wilson and MR, here’s an interesting paper on the Protestant work ethic: Many theories, most...
I defend consumerism, talk about California and the filibuster, grumble a bit about climate change, and explain...
From Huffpo: Zbigniew Brzezinski also cautioned that it would be hypocritical and counterproductive for America to stress...
The American Scene announced this season as Fall of the USA, and I had high hopes that...
I was going to write a longer post on this, but one interesting consequence of Obama’s decision...
