We Are All Mannings Now
So, I was looking forward to joining the rest of the country in rooting for the Saints in two weeks. Really, I was. Then this &#$#(@!$)% had to open his mouth and remind me...
Daily Archive: January 26, 2010
You Can Safely Blame “Centrism” for Most of Our Fiscal Problems
Dana Milbank’s column in today’s Washington Post is impressively incoherent: The federal debt has exploded to an incomprehensible $12.1 trillion, and the nation continues on its path to becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of...
This Is the Title of a Link to an Incendiary Blog Post
This is the single-greatest blog post and comment thread since Jim Henley wrote the greatest blog post of all time. Via Patrick at Popehat.
From Kazakhstan With Love: A Lesson in Multipolarity
From Simon Shuster, reporting for Time: Then, on Jan. 19, three weeks into the dispute, Kazakhstan stepped in with a game-changing offer. It said that if Russia refuses to provide oil to the Belarussian...
“The Movement”
I know the “teabaggers” are supposed to represent some combination of incipient fascism and no-nothing economic sloganeering, but this New Yorker profile makes the whole thing seem awfully benign.
Like eminent domain, but with guns and spaceships
Of all the too-close readings of “Avatar’s” stilted politics, I enjoyed David Boaz’s take the most. He argues that the film should be interpreted as a straightforward defense of interstellar property rights.
