Living in a Canadian/American household, the tension is pretty high right now as Canada leads 2-1 in...
Month: February 2010
Tired of hearing about the Tea Parties? WaPo introduces the “Coffee Party”, which aims to “promote civility...
The Oresteia is a monument to the advent of law and order over primitive cycles of vengeance....
Noted Creed apologist Joe Carter has assembled a list of the 80s’ essential but-not-too-obvious albums. I missed...
I think I’m going to start blogging weekly on the final season of Lost. I wish I’d...
A reader writes: Erik, as someone who lives in the Mighty Whitey Elite NY-DC Corridor, but who...
Fellow Pavement-philes rejoice! Here’s a sweet GQ profile on former band leader Stephen Malkmus.
Marc Thiessen has been trading punches with liberal bloggers over the factual accuracy of his new book,...
The real difference between the Summer and Winter Olympics is that I can imagine running really fast,...
“[D]inosaurs. . . and numerous mammals such as hamsters, guinea pigs and rabbits do ‘taste like chicken.’“
It’s enough to make me want to drink a beer and smoke a cigar myself. On a...
I see that it’s time for all serious people to talk about sanctions against Iran. Are you...
Patrick Deneen has written a fascinating entry on friendship, politics and civic virtue. Excerpting doesn’t do the...
Jody Bottum’s provocative First Things piece on France put me in mind of this old but timeless...
I have learned far more about healthcare reform than I ever thought I would in recent months. ...
In the comments to my tea party post, Freddie writes: It would help, you know, if you...
Those who share the Porch’s aristocratic nostalgia will enjoy Trevor Phillips on The Wind in the Willows:
So who are you anyway? I’m a Research Fellow at the Cato Institute. Here’s my professional page....
Via the First Church of Bracketology, the Ole Miss Rebels have a chance to pick up the...
Is Canada getting a tea party? The Economist suggests so, pointing to the Wildrose Alliance, a group...
