by Kyle Cupp Writing at ThinkProgress, Ian Millhiser explained and ridiculed what he and others have taken to calling “tentherism,” the interpretive framework of the “tenthers.” Their label brings to mind birthers, truthers, and...
Charles Murray sees an insidious plot to seize control of America. It’s the rise of a new ruling class, a societal coup d’etat: the rise of the “New Elite.” They’re particularly sinister in that...
I’ll probably have more thoughts on this later, but for now, just wanted to link to today’s Michael Lind piece. It’s a good work overall, but I would point out the only political figure...
Writing over at The Corner, Kevin Williamson points to the No on Proposition 19 campaign’s website, which has the following statement beneath the picture of a smashed up school bus: On average, a drunk...
I’ve been reading Jim Hoft’s blog at the Catholic outlet First Things for quite a while and have long wished that more people would do likewise and keep in mind while doing so that...
This is a pretty excellent chart from Reason illustrating just how terrible the immigration process really is for people attempting to come here and work legally. It’s pretty obvious that until we change this,...
I’ve had this theory pretty much since Tennessee first announced him as their football coach. While I thought he’d already provided some evidence, he went out of his way this weekend to make the...
Cover via Amazon I’m a little hesitant to jump into another discussion about Nicholas Carr’s The Shallows, since I’m self-conscious about the fact that it’s in my top 3 Books I Somehow End Up...
Mike Farmer objects to my criticism of Fox News as a network which appeals to the doing brain rather than the thinking brain: E.D. Kain tries to write a fair and balanced post on...
Scott writes: If the past two-plus years have taught us anything, it is that placing unfettered trust in the inherent wisdom of the free market is, at best, a shaky wager that courts potentially...
Responding to Barrett’s attack on all things related to NRO’s The Corner, and particularly the portion dealing with K-Lo, the mysterious FLG (ordinarily the League’s bête noire) writes: FLG maintains that nobody likes clowns....
Can someone explain this to me? Maybe start with general principles of fairness in election law, and then work your way up — or down — to this? Colorado Republican gubernatorial nominee Dan Maes’...
I like this Marco Rubio ad because it’s positive, avoids cheap shots at Charlie Crist even though Crist has made himself a very easy target, and because, quite frankly, I really loathe Charlie Crist....
Smoke Smoke has been the sign of human settlement ever since Prometheus’ defiant act, ever since people settled down to roasting, torching, scorching and cremating, ever since human history began its smoldering. The pale...
Except that I do not think the Juan Williams Incident qualifies as outright bigotry, I do agree with Greenwald on this point: The double standard in our political discourse — which tolerates and even...
The Paris Review has put all of their author interviews — ever — online. The New York Times claims this is new, so if it isn’t just blame it on my naive trust of...
In lieu of writing anything, I will merely direct everyone to this absolutely fantastic manifesto by a popular contributor to RedState.com. Although the text itself is wonderful and even contains the phrase “fat cats,”...
“You know what keeps me up at nights?” asked the Capitalist. “Watching the Nikkei 225?” replied the Cynic. “Anomie,” said the Capitalist. “Even you feel anomie?” asked the Stoic. “I’d never have guessed.” “Oh...
SUNY Albany has decided to cut costs by getting rid of their “underperforming” departments. First to go, a few esoteric fields: classics, all foreign languages except Spanish, and theatre. No news about how this will...
Scott recently posted about the strikes in France, citing an NPR report from a Paris correspondent who said, among other things: “This strike/protest is only using the pensions as a trigger to fight against...
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