Friday Night Jukebox
The Jukebox spins back to the late 60s this evening to highlight one of the most underrated pop-rock bands of all time: The Association (wiki here). They were overshadowed by some of their better...
Daily Archive: April 30, 2010
Arizona and the failure of the Right
Arizona may be my last straw. My home state has gone off the deep end lately (and I’ve written about it extensively – here, here, here, here, and here and even proposed a Northern...
Doubts about Ed Phelps’ Cowboy Capitalism
Jay Richards at the AEI blog is doing a series of posts about Ed Phelps’ old First Things essay about the morality of capitalism. I’m broadly supportive of Phelps’ project, but I think Richards’...
Nicholas Capaldi and the Red Tories (because when we talk about Blond we do so in triplicate)
I’ve given Phillip Blond another chance at convincing me of his vision but alas I find his final product rather incoherent at the end of the day. Writing in The American Conservative, Nicholas Capaldi...
I remember this gimmick
Conor Friedersdorf’s valiant attempt to convert Levin fans irresistibly recalls The Guardian’s 2004 letter writing campaign to American voters. The American reaction (short version: “Suck it, Limeys!”) – and some pretty solid research on...
Blond on Blond
As a counterpoint to Jonathan Raban’s negative review of Red Tory, here’s Philip Blond in The American Conservative (hat tip: commenter Schofield).
Red Tory Reviewed, Pass the Barbecue Sauce
Jonathan Raban gives a searing review of Phillip Blond’s Red Tory in the LRB. Ouch.
