Monthly Archive: February 2010

Judging by the freshmen at my university (hereafter “Mall U”), I’d guess that high schools now assign the Odyssey more often than the Iliad. I suppose the Odyssey is more a yarn, with daring...

This is not the first time I’ve said this.  It won’t be the last, even if I disagree with him pretty frequently on social issues and often have to think to myself “Oh Grandpa,...

There is a common narrative surrounding the Tea Parties which goes something like this: Obama was elected and now a bunch of angry, ignorant white folk afraid of the fact that they are being...

I’m Jason Kuznicki, and I hate politics. By way of introduction, I’m going to tell you why. I hate politics because in it, someone wins, and someone loses, always, everywhere, in everything. There are...

Is the GOP really becoming the party of torture? For the past several years I have been assuming that the torture would eventually stop for good, that both parties would disown what had been...

In addition to an art museum and a center for the arts, Princeton, New Jersey has a “Center for Dental Aesthetics.” These institutions are more common than one might think, and I’d like to...

I’ve been posting on the NRO torture dust-up.  I talk about torture and traditional warfare here; torture and Catholicism here (see also Conor here).  I ponder the cuts in Virginia’s budget in response to...

My opinion of Raging Bull is altogether more favorable than Mr. Schaengold’s, but even if you’re not a fan, Vanity Fair’s article on the making of the movie is worth a read.

Now we come to Theogony, Hesiod’s account of the old gods and the coming of the Olympians. It’s rougher going than Works and Days. Some sections feature interminable lists as hard to keep straight...

Rick Moran explains why “being less sucky” isn’t going to be enough for the GOP to sweep back into power this fall, even if it will be enough for the GOP to make significant...

Via Millinerd, I see that stimulus funds have been granted to proceed with the long-awaited Moynihan Station. Disappointing, though, if the new station only accommodates Amtrak.

Martin Scorsese’s latest movie, Shutter Island, opened today. It received a decidedly negative critical reaction. A.O. Scott writes representatively: “Nothing is as it seems. Something TERRIBLE is afoot. Sadly, that something turns out to...

It’s things like this that ensure that Iran’s nuclear program is at the bottom of the list of things that keep me awake at night.