An old joke holds that historians are gossips with footnotes. This often seems true of Herodotus, the...
Month: March 2010
Jonah Goldberg makes some very good points about human welfare and markets: I’m no unmitigated fan of...
Some enterprising New Mexican legislator is trying to push Bill Richardson out of the governor’s office and...
I think Jason and I disagree less than his critique of my post would suggest. He is...
This video on one Louisiana town’s plan to defend itself from “homegrown terrorists” really has to be...
OG Scott has just started a new blog over at True/Slant that, in his words, “looks at...
I’m glad E. D. Kain’s post about markets has been recovered. It’s easier (and fairer) to critique...
I didn’t know Jon Swift/Al Weisel well enough to appropriately eulogize him, but his death hits close...
It’s not quite ready to eat yet, but it’s definitely getting closer. Push still hasn’t come to...
I see Br. Matthew has beaten me to the punch* on this one, but Mitt Romney is not dropping...
After evolution, classroom fights over climate science and The Big Bang Theory are the next front in...
N+1 reviews the Millenium trilogy, a Swedish crime series that takes a surprisingly dim view of the...
So, somehow new Gentleman Jason Kuznicki – hereafter known as the most unlucky blogger on the face...
Following up a bit on my “General America” piece, I wanted to add that I find the...
This is one of the posts from my other blog that disappeared into the ether with our...
“Does it matter where you see a piece of art?” Jed Perl asks at the New Republic,...
Daniel Larison advises Republicans against attacking Obama on foreign-policy grounds: Despite the endless inane attacks from the...
Via First Thoughts, here’s a great essay on Jewish faith and fantasy writing. One of the authors...
Orin Kerr has a preliminary summary up of the argument in McDonald v. Chicago from this morning. ...
In keeping with Mr. Kain’s suggestion for more interaction at this party (less sitting in the corner...
