Conventional wisdom says that cutting taxes to restrain spending doesn’t work. Raising taxes has political problems of...
Month: April 2010
Plato’s ideal state is not a patriarchy. In a number of ways, it actively promotes a radical...
I’ll have some additional thoughts on the Goldman Sachs/SEC summed up in a post early next week,...
This one goes out to DC:
The Republic is an exceedingly difficult text to write about. This is because it’s that rarest of...
io9 lists the best science fiction novels for fantasy fans. I’m not familiar with any of these...
In some ways, I was happy to read this little piece of anti-gay bigotry on the American...
With talk of financial regulation and fraud charges for Goldman Sachs in the air, this piece by...
You all know me pretty well by now. What should my Gravatar be? My favorite so far...
If you like music, this is really important. The architecture of online music distribution has been amazing...
This one goes out to noted Creed apologist Joe Carter: Scott Stapp brings his inimitable musical stylings...
“[W]hich has been more of a problem: anti-government violence, or government violence?” Via IOZ. [DISCLAIMER: This post...
“I see it’s ‘Dump on Libertarians Week’ again at Crooked Timber,” said the Stoic. “Indeed,” said the...
If you like music, this is really important. The architecture of online music distribution has been amazing...
Media criticism is often the last refuge of lazy bloggers, so I’ve tried manfully to avoid chiming...
I’ve been working on a post on this subject all week, but for now I’d like to...
I am perhaps four fifths of the way through the fourth of the Malazan books – House...
Andrew Tabler has an important (if possibly a little too alarmist) piece in Foreign Policy on the...
Here’s an interesting counterpoint to Thomas Friedman’s enthusiasm for one-party rule:
Dominique Homberger, biology professor, is one of those “tough” profs we’ve all had. She holds her students...
