By my lights, they’re in descending order of plausibility. James Joyner shares my view of sanctions and adds another reason to mistrust them: Sanctions almost never work, since the ruling class is the last...
“I’d rather dip my jewels in honey and go on a bear watch.” –Shawn Spencer, Psych Season 4 Episode 15 in response to Gus asking him whether he would like to watch his dad...
Somewhat belatedly I’d like to link to this piece about slum urbanism: how environmentalists and other city-lovers can learn from the way slums are pieced together. “Slum” here is used to mean an informal...
David Cole assembles some devastating criticism from Yoo’s former colleagues:
[updated] Here’s the part that gets me – if, as is assumed in this critique (an assumption I largely agree with by the way) that it is not possible to adequately measure performance via...
By chance, I happened to be driving and listening to NPR today when Diane Ravitch had a guest slot on the Diane Rehm show. I only caught parts of the program, but what I...
Wired has assembled the best concept albums of all time.
Ordinary Gentleman Matthew Schmitz discusses Eric Rohmer and French New Wave Cinema for First Things.
I’m happy to see that disenchantment with Woodrow Wilson – the most bizarre candidate for the pantheon of great American presidents – is reaching a wider audience on the American Right. But this nascent...
Whatever else one thinks of how we live these days, it’s hard to not see it as temporary, historically anomalous, a peculiar blip in human experience. I’ve spent my whole life riding around in...
Lots of interesting feedback on my last post. Kevin Drum and Ryan Avent both focus on the notion that the sort of choice Bramwell describes is only available to higher-income families, leaving poor Americans...
We destroyed these people’s lives, and we propose to buy off their suffering with congressional campaigns? Jesus wept.
An intrepid Baltimore blogger pushes for press access at Maryland’s State House (via Splice).
My contribution to our symposium on the Symposium, which unfortunately doesn’t answer Rufus’s questions. Or for that matter any questions at all.
Update: I’ve been asked to link to some translations. Here is the Perseus Project Symposium English translation which includes the Greek linked at the right. There is also the Internet Classics Archive Benjamin Jowett...
Sean Penn: Because every day, this elected leader [Chavez] is called a dictator here, and we just accept it! And accept it. And this is mainstream media, who should – truly, there should be...
Austin Bramwell has penned a very convincing post over at The American Conservative on why school choice can actually lead to the dumbing-down of our schools in the name of egalitarianism and accountability. By...
“The Saint Patrick’s Day event hosted by the Friendly Sons is a 640-person dinner at the Capital Hilton that has included Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer and President...
I’ve heard Alvar Aalto described as a highbrow precursor to IKEA (which is emphatically not a Finnish company, by the way), but I’ve always appreciated how warm and welcoming his designs seem when compared...
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on Open Mic for the week of 1/27/2025Jaybird, I would like a single bit of evidence that Democrats made a bigger issues of trans people t…
on Open Mic for the week of 1/27/2025Zaid has a pretty good essay: Democrats Are Blaming Activist Groups for Kamala Harris’s Loss, but th…
on Open Mic for the week of 1/27/2025I think Philip has it correct. There are people who realize what is going on and I think resistance…
on Open Mic for the week of 1/27/2025Some of us are already well set on that line and how far across it the administration is. Others wil… on Open Mic for the week of 1/27/2025From a former OTer: "Trump announces federal funding freeze via EO. Head of OMB issues a memo with s… on Open Mic for the week of 1/27/2025I'm not sure one substacker is a credible weight on Trump’s Unforced Error31% if voters is not “the American people.” Not statistically anyway. It’s is both presumptuous and…
on Open Mic for the week of 1/27/2025"How dare you acquiesce to our demands and take away our justification for protesting! We demand tha… on Open Mic for the week of 1/27/2025Here's a report from the DNC leadership meetings they're having before they vote in a new DNC head.… on Open Mic for the week of 1/27/2025Trump has issued an EO attacking schools that allow students to socially transition in any manner, a…
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