Jim Burroway at Box Turtle Bulletin has an excellent follow-up to my piece on the ways in...
Year: 2009
I’ve been reading Rob Christensen’s The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics, a book that I started a...
Thanksgiving is undoubtedly America’s best indigenous tradition, and I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday....
Michael Crowley ruins an otherwise good post on the Obama administration’s engagement with Russia over the Iranian...
Via Meteor Blades at Daily Kos is Sam Pizzigati explaining that the top 1 percent of income...
I know the League’s commentariat already went a few rounds over The A.V. Club’s “decade in television”...
Philip Caputo writing on the Mexican drug wars in The Atlantic. Brilliant (and horrifying) stuff. There’s no...
Remember that big chart Al Gore used in his documentary? If not, here it is: This chart...
James Fallows has an interesting post on the media’s reaction to Obama’s recent China visit.
I’m not sure if this chart on the professional background of Obama’s cabinet appointments is a weird...
Via NR, the author of “The Omnivore’s Delusion: Against the Agri-Intellectuals” unloads another broadside against critics of...
As some of you know, Sen. Grassley has put forth an amendment to prevent a proposed panel...
For our Canadian readers, please do read Scott’s follow-up post this morning on the Afghan detainee transfer...
Conor thinks it’s a good sign that “prudent conservatives and libertarians are growing uncomfortable with Mr. Beck’s...
I have been pondering the issue of global warming lately. I generally take a cautious position when...
Thanks to Jaybird, who pointed out this story. After all the speculation that the death of a...
A nice vignette from the Grizzlies-Kings game (via): Grizzlies center Hamed Haddadi , the first NBA player...
Ross Douthat has a smart post on why we shouldn’t opportunistically try terror suspects in civilian courts.
